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At 28 years old,
she set out to become the first person {\an8}to swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida
without a shark cage. {\an8}Three and a half decades
after starting her quest, sixty-four-year-old Diana Nyad hopes this will be the year
she completes it. And this is her fifth attempt
to swim from Havana to Florida. As always,
she'll fight wind and currents, dehydration and hypothermia, and over these three days
that Nyad will need to reach Florida, a lot could go wrong. Wonderful to see you
she set out to become the first person {\an8}to swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida
without a shark cage. {\an8}Three and a half decades
after starting her quest, sixty-four-year-old Diana Nyad hopes this will be the year
she completes it. And this is her fifth attempt
to swim from Havana to Florida. As always,
she'll fight wind and currents, dehydration and hypothermia, and over these three days
that Nyad will need to reach Florida, a lot could go wrong. Wonderful to see you
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At 28 years old,
she set out to become the first person
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{\an8}to swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida
without a shark cage.
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{\an8}Three and a half decades
after starting her quest,
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sixty-four-year-old Diana Nyad
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hopes this will be the year
she completes it.
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And this is her fifth attempt
to swim from Havana to Florida.
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As always,
she'll fight wind and currents,
00:00:24.125 --> 00:00:26.208
dehydration and hypothermia,
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and over these three days
that Nyad will need to reach Florida,
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a lot could go wrong.
00:00:30.291 --> 00:00:31.833
Wonderful to see you.
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Movie Summary
The remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.
