Diana Nyad completes record swim on fifth try

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, points towards Florida before her swim to Florida from Havana, Cuba, Aug. 31, 2013.

Endurance athlete Nyad has set an open-water record by swimming from Havana to the Florida Keys without a protective shark cage. She reached Florida on Monday morning after swimming more than 110 miles.

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Nyad salutes before her swim from Havana to Florida, Aug. 31, 2013.

The 64-year-old endurance athlete became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. It was her fifth attempt overall and her fourth in the last three years.

Nyad adjusts her cap before her swim to Florida from Havana, Aug. 31, 2013.

Nyad jumps into the water to begin her swim to Florida from the waters off Havana, Cuba, Aug. 31, 2013.

Nyad begins her swim to Florida from the waters off Havana, Aug. 31, 2013.

Nyad begins her swim to Florida from the waters off Havana, Cuba, Aug. 31, 2013.

Nyad begins her swim to Florida from the waters off Havana, Aug. 31, 2013.

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Nyad during her swim from Cuba to Florida, Sept. 1, 2013.

Nyad during her swim from Cuba to Florida, Sept. 1, 2013.

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Nyad during her swim from Cuba to Florida, Sept. 1, 2013.

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Nyad during her swim from Cuba to Florida, Sept. 1, 2013.

Nyad approaches Key West, Fla. in the last stretch her record swim from Cuba, Sept. 2, 2013.

Diana Nyad's support boats sit in front of a cruise ship somewhere in the Straits of Florida, Sept. 2, 2013.

Nyad, positioned about two miles off Key West, Fla., Sept. 2, 2013, is escorted by kayakers as she swims towards the completion of her approximately 110-mile trek from Cuba to the Florida Keys.

Nyad, positioned about two miles off Key West, Fla., Sept. 2, 2013, swims towards the completion of her approximately 110-mile trek from Cuba to the Florida Keys.

Nyad approaches Key West, Fla. in the last stretch her record swim from Cuba, Sept. 2, 2013.

A crowd gathered in Key West, Fla. to watch Nyad finish her record swim from Cuba, Sept. 2, 2013.

Nyad swims for shore during the last moments of her record swim from Cuba to Florida, Sept. 2, 2013.

Nyad, right, and her trainer, Bonnie Stoll hug after Nyad walks ashore in Key West, Fla. after swimming from Cuba, Sept. 2, 2013.

An exhausted Nyad is surrounded by supporters on Key West beach after completing her record-breaking swim from Cuba, Sept. 2, 2013.

Nyad drinks water after completing her record swim from Cuba to Florida, Sept. 2, 2013.

Nyad is carried to shore after completing her record swim from Cuba to Florida, Sept. 2, 2013.

Nyad is carried to shore after completing her record swim from Cuba to Florida, Sept. 2, 2013.

Nyad, right, and her trainer, Bonnie Stoll hug after Nyad walks ashore in Key West, Fla. after swimming from Cuba, Sept. 2, 2013.

Nyad is greeted by a crowd as she walks on to the Key West, Fla., shore after becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage, Sept. 2, 2013. Nyad arrived at the beach just before 2 p.m. EDT, about 53 hours after she began her swim in Havana on Saturday.