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Diana Nyad: A Swimmer Battles the Elements
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Ready to Jump
U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad gestures before her departure from the Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club in Havana on August 18, 2012. It was her fourth attempt to swim the treacherous waters from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.
