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"How&amp;#x27;s this for a lesson in stick-to-it-iveness? For more than 35 years, Diana Nyad dreamed of swimming from Cuba to Florida&amp;amp;#8212;110 miles. Yesterday, she finally did it. Now 64, Nyad first tried to swim across the Florida Straits at the age of 28 but was knocked far off course. She tried three more times over the years afterward&amp;amp;#8212;during her last attempt, she was so stung by deadly box jellyfish that she had no choice but to give up. But she didn&amp;#x27;t give up for long! Nyad swam for nearly 53 hours, battling high winds and swallowing gallons of vomit-inducing seawater along the way. And she did the entire length without the benefit of a shark cage, making her the very first to ever complete the historic swim. Nyad says that her mantra through the swim was &amp;quot;find a way,&amp;quot; and, after she waded ashore (but before she was whisked away to be rehydrated and get some rest), she had a special message to deliver to onlookers and well-wishers, despite her still-swollen-from-seawater lips and face: &amp;quot;We should never, ever give up....You never are too old to chase your dreams.&amp;quot; I mean&amp;amp;#8212;simply amazing, don&amp;#x27;t you think? Photo: Corbis"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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