Diana Nyad encounters difficulties in Cuba to Florida swim

It was a difficult night for long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, who is trying for the third time, to fulfill her quest to become the first woman to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. In the first 12 hours of the swim, Nyad suffered

HAVANA (AP) – American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad began her second attempt in as many months to traverse the 103 miles of sea between Cuba and Florida, waving goodbye to well-wishers before jumping feet first

Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad hugged friends and waved at admirers at Havana's Hemingway Marina before she jumped in the water at 6:04 p.m., hoping her third attempt to swim to Florida would end in success.

After Diana Nyad did not reach her goal to swim from Cuba to Florida in August, she is now making another attempt. According to the 62-year-old swimmer from.

If she accomplishes the task, she'll be the first to do it without the aid of a shark cage.