Diana Nyad Completes Cuba-Key West Swim Without Shark Cage
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Diana Nyad, positioned about than two miles off Key West, Fla., Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, swims towards the completion of her 111-mile trek from Cuba to the Florida Keys. Nyad, 64, became the first swimmer to cross the Florida Straits without the security of a shark cage. (Photo By: Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Swimmer Diana Nyad converses with her crew less than two miles off Key West, Fla., Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. Nyad, 64, is poised to be the first swimmer to cross the Florida Straits from Cuba to the Florida Keys without the security of a shark cage. (Photo by: Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Diana Nyad, right, is supported by a longtime team member after completing a 111-mile swim from Cuba to Key West, Fla. Nyad, 64, is the first swimmer to cross the Florida Straits without the security of a shark cage. The swim took Nyad 52 hours and 54 minutes, according to a support team member. (Photo by: Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Diana Nyad, right, manages a smile for a young admirer while receiving medical treatment following a 111-mile swim from Cuba to Key West, Fla. Nyad, 64, is the first swimmer to cross the Florida Straits without the security of a shark cage. The swim took Nyad 52 hours and 54 minutes, according to a support team member. (Photo by: Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Diana Nyad, right, manages a smile for a young admirer while receiving medical treatment following a 111-mile swim from Cuba to Key West, Fla. Nyad, 64, is the first swimmer to cross the Florida Straits without the security of a shark cage. The swim took Nyad 52 hours and 54 minutes, according to a support team member. (Photo by: Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Diana Nyad, right, gestures a V for victory after completing a 111-mile swim from Cuba to Key West, Fla. Nyad, 64, is the first swimmer to cross the Florida Straits without the security of a shark cage. The swim took Nyad 52 hours and 54 minutes, according to a support team member. (Photo by: Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Diana Nyad, positioned about than two miles off Key West, Fla., Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, is escorted by kayakers as she swims towards the completion of her 111-mile trek from Cuba to the Florida Keys. Nyad, 64, is poised to be the first swimmer to cross the Florida Straits without the security of a shark cage. (Photo by: Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Diana Nyad, positioned about than two miles off Key West, Fla., Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, swims towards the completion of her 111-mile trek from Cuba to the Florida Keys. Nyad, 64, is poised to be the first swimmer to cross the Florida Straits without the security of a shark cage. The white underwater streamer, trailing from the support boat's boom, serves as a navigation aide for Nyad. (Photo by: Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Diana Nyad, positioned about than two miles off Key West, Fla., Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, swims towards the completion of her 111-mile trek from Cuba to the Florida Keys. Nyad, 64, became the first swimmer to cross the Florida Straits without the security of a shark cage. (Photo By: Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad gets checked out by a paramedic in Key West after after she became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. (Source: Ted Scouten/CBS4)
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US swimmer Diana Nyad begins her attempt to swim in a three-day non-stop journey from Havana to Florida at the Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club, in Havana on August 31, 2013. AFP PHOTO/YAMIL LAGE (Photo by: YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
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US swimmer Diana Nyad begins her attempt to swim in a three-day non-stop journey from Havana to Florida at the Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club, in Havana on August 31, 2013. (Photo by: YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
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US swimmer Diana Nyad begins her attempt to swim in a three-day non-stop journey from Havana to Florida at the Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club, in Havana on August 31, 2013. (Photo by: YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
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US swimmer Diana Nyad (C) delivers a speech at Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club, in Havana on August 31, 2013, before her attempt to swim from Havana to Florida in a three-day non-stop journey. (Photo by: YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
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US swimmer Diana Nyad (R) gets ready to swim in a three-day non-stop journey from Havana to Florida at the Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club, in Havana on August 31, 2013. (Photo by: YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
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US swimmer Diana Nyad jumps into the water to try swimming in a three-day non-stop journey from Havana to Florida at the Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club, in Havana on August 31, 2013. (Photo by: YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
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US swimmer Diana Nyad gestures during a press conference held at the Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club in Havana on August 30, 2013. Diana plans to swim from Havana to Florida in a three-day non-stop attempt scheduled for Sunday August 31, 2013. (Photo by: YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
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US swimmer Diana Nyad waves before attempting to swim in a three-day non-stop journey from Havana to Florida at the Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club, in Havana on August 31, 2013. AFP PHOTO/YAMIL LAGE (Photo by: YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
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US swimmer Diana Nyad jumps into the water to try swimming in a three-day non-stop journey from Havana to Florida at the Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club, in Havana on August 31, 2013. AFP PHOTO/YAMIL LAGE (Photo by: YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
