Diana Nyad completed the 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida last week . She says she is the first person to do it unassisted and without a shark cage . In the days since Nyad walked out of the water last week at Key West after swimming 110 miles , a stream of questions has come at her . The swimmer was born in Havana but grew up on Florida's Gulf Coast before moving to New York City as an adult. She insists she did it `` in squeaky clean , ethical fashion ''
Diana Nyad completed the 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida last week . She says she is the first person to do it unassisted and without a shark cage . The swimmer was born in Havana but grew up on Florida's Gulf Coast before moving to New York City as an adult. She insists she did it `` in squeaky clean , ethical fashion ''