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2012 Diana Nyad’s failed Cuba-to-Florida swim

Diana Nyad adjusts her swimming cap as a woman applies a protective ointment to her skin as she prepares to start her attempt to swim to Florida from Havana, Cuba.

Diana Nyad adjusts her swimming cap as a woman applies a protective ointment to her skin as she prepares to start her attempt to swim to Florida from Havana, Cuba.  (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press)

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Nyad’s attempt was cut short amid boat trouble, storms, unfavorable currents and box jellyfish stings that left her face puffy and swollen.

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