It was 2013 when long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad swam a miraculous 110 miles from Cuba to Florida. The swim was a goal that Nyad committed herself to starting in her 20s. She made her first attempt at the swim in 1978. She had spent 42 hours in the water before her team pulled her out.
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What's the true story behind Diana Nyad's Cuba to Florida swim, and what is the controversy? Nyad responded in interviews around the same time as her Netflix movie.