Cuba-to-Fla. swimmer pulled from water

Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has been pulled from the water onto a boat on her fourth day after multiple problems while attempting a record crossing from Cuba to Florida. Her support team said she had run into multiple problems including jellyfish stings and storms at sea. In this photo provided by photographer Christi Barli, Nyad is seen after being pulled from the water on Aug. 12, 2012.

Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has been pulled from the water onto a boat after multiple problems on her fourth day of attempting a record crossing from Cuba to Florida. Her support team said she had run into multiple problems including jellyfish stings and storms at sea. In this photo provided by Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Nyad swims in the Florida Straits between Cuba and the Florida Keys Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012.

In this photo provided by Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad swims in the Florida Straits between Cuba and the Florida Keys, Aug. 19, 2012, escorted by support personnel in kayaks. The white underwater strip, tethered to the boom from her primary support vessel, provides Nyad a moving swimming lane so she can maintain a proper course.

In this photo provided by Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, boats escorting endurance swimmer Diana Nyad ply the Florida Straits between Cuba and the Florida Keys, Aug. 20, 2012.

In this photo provided by Diana Nyad, via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Diana Nyad takes a break after reportedly being stung by a jellyfish, Aug. 18, 2012, off Havana, Cuba.

In this photo taken on Aug. 13, 2012, a cruise ship passes in the distance as Diana Nyad trains off Key West, Fla., for a swim from Havana, Cuba, to the Florida Keys.

In this photo provided by Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Nyad is hydrated by a crew member in the Florida Straits between Cuba and the Florida Keys, Aug. 20, 2012.

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad plays a trumpet and points to Florida before starting her swim as people from the local nautical club hold a Cuban and U.S. flag behind her in Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18, 2012.

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad adjusts her swimming cap as a woman applies a protective ointment to her skin as she prepares to jump into the water and start her swim to Florida from Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18, 2012.

In this photo released by Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Nyad swims off Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18, 2012, as she begins a more than 100-mile trip across the Florida Straits to the Florida Keys.

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad jumps into the water as people from the local nautical club hold a Cuban and U.S. flag behind her in Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18, 2012.

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad carries a trumpet before starting her swim in Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18, 2012.

In this photo released by Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Nyad gets set to jump into the water in Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18, 2012, to start a more-than-100-mile trip across the Florida Straits to the Florida Keys.

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad, bottom, begins her swim to Florida from the waters off Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18, 2012.

In this photo provided by Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Nyad swims in the Florida Straits between Cuba and the Florida Keys, Aug. 20, 2012.

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad receives hydration and advice from her support team off Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18, 2012, during the first night of a 100-mile-plus swim across the Florida Straits to the Florida Keys.

In this photo taken on Aug. 13, 2012, team leader Bonnie Stoll, left, watches endurance swimmer Diana Nyad as she trains off Key West, Fla., for a swim from Havana, Cuba, to the Florida Keys.

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad jumps into the water to start her swim to Florida from Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18, 2012.

In this photo provided by Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Nyad (yellow bathing cap) pauses for a rest and hydration with her support crew in the Florida Straits between Cuba and the Florida Keys, Aug. 19, 2012.

In this photo provided by Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Nyad swims in the Florida Straits between Cuba and the Florida Keys, Aug. 19, 2012.

People from the local nautical club carry a Cuban and a U.S. flag to the coast to watch U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad start her swim to Florida from Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18, 2012.

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad starts her swim after jumping into the water off the coast of Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18, 2012.

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad is seen in this undated file photo.