Nyad Completes Cuba to Florida Swim 0 By KMAN Staff on September 2, 2013 AssociatedPress, Video Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. The 64-year-old Nyad stepped ashore in Key West on Monday just before 2 p.m., about 53 hours after she began her swim in Havana on Saturday.