After a brutal storm blew in Sunday night, open-water swimmer Diana Nyad is again moving toward her goal of becoming the to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. This marks Nyad’s fourth attempt at the 103-mile swim, which she is scheduled to complete Tuesday. Nyad’s 50-person crew is doing their best to adminster to the swimmer, who has suffered jellyfish stings on her neck and face, in addition to contending with Sunday’s storm. 鈥淭he first night we had a rough night,鈥欌 said Mark Sollinger, the operations chief for Nyad鈥檚 support crew. 鈥淭hings couldn’t look better right now.” Nyad, who will turn 63 on Wednesday, has made two unsuccessful attempts since last summer.
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