'Never, ever give up:' Diana Nyad completes historic Cuba-to-Florida swim
On Sunday
night Diana Nyad, at age 64, finished the 103 mile long swim from Cuba to
Florida in 53 hours breaking any and all records held previously. With a dream
of this long swim with her since she was eight years old, Nyad had never been
able to succeed it until now. Trying four times prier many obstacles got in her
way making her unable to finish. These obstacles included extremely rough seas
that caused her delirium, a serious lightning story, an 11-hour long asthma
attack and many brutal jellyfish stings. Going into the latest swim Nyad had
already decided that this was going to be her last try and she absolutely
needed to finish. With a team of 35 people helping her along in various ways and many more cheering for her she finally reached her goal. By doing this she hoped to be an inspiration to
us all and wanted to leave us with "…three
messages. One is we should never, ever give up. Two is you never are too old to
chase your dreams. Three is it looks like a solitary sport, but it's a team."
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