How Diana Nyad Overcame Years of Adversity and Swam From Cuba to Florida
The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 19, 2015
On September 2, 2013, at the age of sixty-four, Diana Nyad emerged onto the sands of Key West after swimming 111 miles from Cuba to Florida, becoming the first person to make the crossing without the aid of a shark cage. She tells the story of her journey, after thirty-five years and four crushing failures, in Find a Way.
Event: Diana Nyad will be speaking and signing books at Elm Street Books at the Wilton Library (137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton, CT), October 20 at 7:00 p.m.
