Key West installs plaque honoring Diana Nyad

By Washington Examiner
Published September 1, 2014 7:03pm ET
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Key West installs plaque honoring Diana Nyad
In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Diana Nyad poses with a bronze plaque Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at Smathers Beach in Key West, Fla. The plaque commemorates Nyad's 2013 Cuba-to-Florida Keys swim. She arrived at Smathers Beach the early afternoon of Sept. 2, 2013, to become the first person to ever swim from Havana to Key West without a shark cage. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman) | Andy Newman

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A bronze plaque honoring endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has been installed on the Florida Keys beach where last year she successfully ended a 53-hour swim from Havana without a shark cage.

Nyad staggered ashore at Smathers Beach in Key West on Sept. 2, 2013, after swimming 110 miles. It was her fifth attempt to complete the Cuba-to-Florida swim.

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