This time, nature tipped its hat, and Diana Nyad finally conquered the 110-mile passage from Cuba to Florida that had bedeviled her for 35 years.
Sharks steered clear, currents were friendly, and storms took most of the Labor Day weekend off.
image: Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau, via Associated Press
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