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Nov. 7—EL SUEÑO DE DIANA NYAD DE NADAR DESDE CUBA HASTA LA FLORIDA COMENZÓ CUANDO ERA NIÑA, EN LA PLAYA DE FORT LAUDERDALE. MILES DE REFUGIADOS CUBANOS ACABABAN DE LLEGAR AL SUR DE LA FLORIDA ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — It was Diana Nyad’s day, her moment, her stage as a plaque was unveiled honoring her life achievements at the same Fort Lauderdale beach she played on as a child. She pointed up East ...

Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad poses with the historic marker on Las Olas honoring her on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, at Las Olas Oceanside Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Alie Skowronski ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Diana Nyad’s crazy dream of swimming from Cuba to Florida began as a little girl, standing on the shores of Fort Lauderdale Beach. Thousands of Cuban refugees had just arrived ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - After more than a decade since a world-renowned endurance swimmer made the long swim from Cuba to Key West, the epic milestone is being honored. City of Fort Lauderdale ...

State officials will be unveiling a Florida Historical Marker in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday to commemorate Diana Nyad's incredible 110-mile swim from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage. Succeeding ...

The City of Fort Lauderdale will host a ceremony on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Las Olas Oceanside Park to unveil a Florida State Historic Marker honoring world-renowned endurance ...

Diana Nyad is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan and in 1979 when she swam from ...

The Oscars slate this year is packed with films rooted in historical events and biographies. How much influence should the subjects have? By Julia Jacobs Annette Bening plays the long-distance swimmer ...

When Diana Nyad stumbled onto Smathers Beach in Key West, Florida, on Sept. 2, 2013, after swimming 110 miles from Havana in 53 hours, it marked the hard-fought realization of her lifelong dream, but ...