Diana Nyad’s record-setting Cuba-to-Florida swim

U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad (front right), 64, is welcomed ashore after completing her swim from Cuba as she arrives in Key West, Florida, September 2, 2013. (Andrew Innerarity / REUTERS)

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Sept. 2, 2013 6:37 AM PT

American long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, Sept. 2 became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage or flippers. This was her fifth attempt.

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad less than two miles off Key West, Florida September 2, 2013. Nyad, 64, braving jellyfish and extreme fatigue, was just strokes away Monday from becoming the first person to cross from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. (Andy Newman, AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad, positioned about than two miles off Key West, Florida September 2, 2013, is escorted by kayakers as she swims towards the completion of her 111-mile trek from Cuba to the Florida Keys. (Andy Newman, AFP/Getty Images)

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