Diana Nyad is `` feeling strong ... joking for the first time all day , '' says her handler . The dog was trained to sniff out drugs and other contraband in a search of an apartment where she had been living with her owner. `` It 's a two-edged sword for me . It 's her fifth attempt in 35 years and will be her last , she says . If she 's successful , she 'll be the first person to do so without a shark cage , flippers or wet suit .
Diana Nyad is `` feeling strong ... joking for the first time all day , '' says her handler . The dog was trained to sniff out drugs and other contraband in a search of an apartment where she had been living with her owner. It 's her fifth attempt in 35 years and will be her last , she says . If she 's successful , she 'll be the first person to do so without a shark cage , flippers or wet suit .