Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/nyad-completes-historic-swim Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Shortly before 2 p.m. ET, 64-year-old Diana Nyad reached the shore, surrounded by thousands of beachgoers, making history as the first to complete the historic swim from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage.She had been swimming for 52 hours and 110 miles across the Florida Straits. This was her fifth attempt at the athletic feat.