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Her name, Nyad,
translates in Greek to "water nymph."

Twenty-eight year-old Diana Nyad,

swimming to conquer
yet another body of water.

World champion
marathon swimmer,

Phi Beta Kappa winner, linguist, author.

Miss Nyad holds Italy's
Capri to Naples world record.

She swum 32 miles across lake Ontario.

She swam
around Manhattan Island,

making the 28-mile trip in record time.

The question
from the millions who go out of their way

to avoid swimming
in Manhattan waters is why?

She says it's a complex matter,
involving her deepest emotions.

89 miles, a long distance swim
from the Bahamas to Florida,

took 27 hours and 38 minutes
to complete the swim,

and that is a new open ocean record.

Would you welcome Diana Nyad.

Congratulations.

Are you getting tired
of being congratulated on that remarkable,

and it was a remarkable achievement?

No, I'm not getting tired.
It was worth it.

- Yeah...
- Glad to meet you, by the way.

I was wondering how many times
I'd have to do your show before I met you.

The swim I wanna do is 60 hours,
two and a half days.

That's Cuba to Florida.

- And it's outrageous, and it's...
- Two and a half days?

...it's overly ambitious,
but I think I can make it.

And that's my last swim.

Sixty hours nonstop
in the open sea.

It's like winning that gold medal
in the Olympic Games.

The way I look at it,
the Bahamas is the appetizer,

Cuba is the main course,
and retirement's the dessert.

The Cuba swim is rough.

I mean, I don't think anybody knows
at this point if it can be done.

Diana Nyad had
an unyielding desire

to complete her swim, set a world record,
and become an immortal.

But from the beginning,

she knew her chances of finishing
were only 50-50.

Nyad has said this would be her last swim.

We all felt that she could've
made it if she'd had a break.

- That's it for you?
- That's it for marathon swimming.

- The entire world is asleep.
- Yeah.

And even when awake,
they're barely there.

- I know.
- Laziness is contagious,

and we're supposed to just nod along

like it's normal that everyone's
just surrendered to a banal existence.

Is this about 60?

- What?
- 60?

- No.
- Okay.

By the way, for tomorrow,
I don't want anything, okay? No cake.

Not even a little grocery store cake.

For someone who doesn't wanna celebrate
their birthday, you mention it frequently.

Yes.

Just quiet, okay? Just us. Maybe Scrabble.

Good.

I didn't plan anything
'cause you told me not to, like, 37 times.

Yes. We're not doing that.

Ugh!

I forgot the poop bags.

Bonnie, that was the whole reason
you went to Petco.

I know. But come on,
we're gonna get some steps in.

Come on. One, two, three. You can do it.

Teddy, hi.

Hi.

Can you sit? Can you sit?

Good boy. Good boy.

What a good boy.

Okay.

Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!

- Yeah, the door's locked.
- Well, happy freaking birthday to you.

Yeah, I brought my Scrabble
'cause, though you won't admit it,

you're missing a G,
two Es, and at least one blank tile.

- Hey, hey, uh, come here.
- What are we having for dinner?

- I wanna show you something over here.
- What? Why are you talking like that?

Like what?

Like you're enunciating.

Did you blow-dry your hair?

Surprise, Diana!

What?

Bonnie, I said no party.

Well, you didn't mean it.

- You happy?
- I am.

- Blow it out.
- Okay.

- No, wait. I gotta think of a wish.
- Make it a good one!

Make a wish!

I wish...

I was five years old,

and my father drops
the Webster's Dictionary in my lap.

"Darling,
I am waiting five years

'till you are ready to show you

your name in black-and-white."

"Your name says, in Greek mythology,

my ancestors,

the nymphs that swam in the lakes
and the rivers and the ocean."

- Okay.
- "This is your destiny."

Yeah, I'm gonna...
I'm gonna steal her away now. Come on.

- No, I was just getting to the good part.
- Have you heard the expression...

I'm sure you have. The one that goes,
uh, "Leave them wanting more?"

I just... I never found it applies to me.

- Come here.
- What?

- There's Nina. She'd still...
- I know. Look over there.

She's got, um, white pants and she's tall.

Oh.

- Oh God.
- What?

- I don't know.
- What's the problem?

I don't know, she seems a little...

Nice? Seems normal? Not psycho?

Does she know a lot about me?

She's got your poster on her wall

and she's got your face tattooed
on her ass.

Yes.

- That's not funny.
- Let's just go talk to her.

You're gonna...
you're gonna ask all about herself,

and, um,
you're not gonna talk about yourself.

I've been to Vietnam, Uganda,

caves of Belize, Sydney.

I covered the Olympics there.

Thirty years with ABC Sports
has taken me all over the world.

But my favorite place, Cuba.

I'm sure you could've guessed.
I mean, I imagine you know that...

- Yeah. Oh yeah.
- Yeah.

Cuba, it's just loomed
in my imagination since I was a kid.

The magical place across the water.

Forbidden land.

We weren't allowed there,
they weren't allowed here.

Wow, that's amazing.

So, how do you know Bonnie?

I thought maybe you and her were...

Oh no, no, no, we're best friends.

I mean, we dated for, like, a second
200 years ago, but...

So, tell me something about you.

Just because we're on a one-way street
hurtling towards death

doesn't mean
that we have to succumb to mediocrity.

I mean, you turn 60 and the world decides
that you're a bag of bones.

I'm 58, so I wouldn't know.

Seemed like it was going pretty well
with, uh, you know, what's her name.

Oh yeah, it was great. She was great.

It was great. No, it's not that.

It's, I don't know, dating.
I don't think I need that anymore.

I hear you. Me neither.

So, what's the funk? Is it work?

It's everything.

Okay? Where's the excellence?

Oh God.

- I'm serious.
- Ugh, that again.

I mean,
I don't think I can take it anymore.

Well, if you feel that way,
then do something about it.

Wanna play Scrabble?

I still got these dishes.
I got stuff to do.

Oh, so you're scared to lose.

Yeah, noted.

I'm gonna whoop your butt.

You're going down, missy.

Bag of bones or not,
I do not discriminate.

- Bon?
- Hmm?

It was a really good party.

No biggie. Come on.

Prepare to lose. Prepare to die!

Carrie, definitely one
of the more interesting performers

and one of the more entertaining...

I finally went
through my mom's old boxes,

you know, stuff from the nursing home.

Listen to this.

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?"

Mary Oliver.

You know Mary Oliver?

Pretty famous line.

See, I just don't go in for poetry.

- It's 'cause you're too impatient.
- Why not just say what they mean?

I mean, I gotta put all this stuff away.

This is ridiculous.
You don't put anything away.

And... and look at this.

You gonna keep all these, uh, New Yorkers?

I mean, look, 2006. Like a hoarder.

So I'm thinking, did Lucy read this poem?

Did she dog-ear this page?

But it's weird, right?
Because in her life, she didn't do shit.

- Your dead mother?
- You know what I mean.

She wasn't a doer, she was a pushover,

totally bulldozed by my dad
till he left us.

So, I'm thinking this poem
must have meant something to her.

She held onto this book.

What was she feeling about her own life

and did she leave it for me
as, like, a message?

- A message.
- And then I realize, look.

It wasn't even hers.

Belongs to some guy
named Uli next door who's 102.

Well, maybe...
maybe Uli's leaving you a message.

"What else should I have done?"

"Doesn't everything
die at last and too soon?"

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?"

And I'm sort of torn
in this difficult endeavor

that is marathon swimming

between not wanting to feel
all that discomfort anymore,

feel that boredom and feel the vomiting
and feel the cold and feel the hours.

I'm torn between that and the loathing

of the self-respect
I might lose if I don't do it.

I suppose the word is pride.

I, uh...
I feel that I failed, mentally especially.

Okay, it's just a little swim.

No big deal.

Thirty years. Barely anything.

♪ Hello, darkness, my old friend ♪

♪ I've come to talk with you again ♪

♪ Because a vision softly creeping ♪

♪ Left it's seeds while I was sleeping ♪

♪ And the vision
That was planted in my brain ♪

♪ Still remains ♪

♪ Within the sound of silence ♪

♪ In restless dreams I walked alone ♪

♪ Narrow streets of cobblestone ♪

Nyad, our name in Greek mythology,

it means "water nymph."

It is meant for you to be a champion.

In this life,
you can only rely on yourself.

If you want to be great, it is you,

your will, your mind,
that will take you there.

No one else can help you.

Nice.

That's it.

Good form, Nyad.

Attagirl, go! Go! Let's see what you got.

Your talent's undeniable.

It's undeniable.

And if you're receptive to coaching,
you're gonna be a star.

♪ People talking without speaking ♪

♪ People hearing without listening ♪

Wake up.

Darling, darling, wake up.

You have to see. Come.

The world right now,
so much tension, so much fear.

We forget we are connected
under the same stars,

touching the same sea.

This is important to your life.

What's out there?

Miles of sea.

Cuba is a magical place,
full of music, full of life.

♪ Hear my words that I might teach you ♪

♪ Take my arms that I might reach you ♪

They make it seem so far away,
but it's so close,

you could almost swim there.

♪ Whispered in the sounds of silence ♪

- Here it comes.
- Whoa!

Yeah!

Game. You made me work for it though,
didn't you?

- Switch. The light's better on that side.
- All right.

- Hey, what's that?
- What?

That. You got raccoon eyes.

Have you been swimming?

Uh, yes. Yes, I have.

Wow, look at you, swimmer. Okay. Wow.

What's it been, like, 30 years
since you put on a pair of goggles?

- That's right.
- How'd it feel?

Great.

Came right back to me.

Great exercise at your age,

low-impact, easy on the joints.

Yeah.

- I wanna do it.
- Do what?

- Cuba to Florida. My swim.
- Huh?

You're hilarious. Serve.

No, I'm not kidding, Bonnie.

I'm going to do it.

No, that's insane.

You... you... you tried that when you were 28,
and you did not make it when you were 28.

You're 60.

Yeah, I don't believe
in imposed limitations.

I don't believe in any limitations.

And that's the reason to do it,
not the other way around.

I started with 20 minutes,
then 20 more, just to see,

and I am up
to four and five hours in the pool.

I don't understand. You having,
like, a mental breakdown or something?

My mind has never been clearer.

Don't you get it? The mind.

This is what I was missing
when I was younger. I've got it now.

The mind does not swim
100 miles across the ocean, right?

The body does.

Yes. That's the other piece of it.

- Oh, there's another piece.
- Yes.

I need to get myself functioning
at the highest level.

You'll be my coach.

That's why you wanted to play ping-pong.
You never wanna play.

- No, no, so... Bonnie...
- No, absolutely not. No, no, no.

Yeah, you said I needed to do something
to get out of my funk.

I meant you should sign up
for speed dating or get a therapist,

not come out of a 30-year retirement
for some dangerous, absurd fantasy.

I am doing it. I'm not done.

I have more in me and so do you.

Come on. Don't you wanna be fully engaged,
fully awake,

your soul ignited by a purpose, a mission?

It would be an amazing ride.

Think about it, you and me,

a great adventure.

You were born to coach.

And a coach needs an athlete.

No, no, no! Serve.

Okay.

Well, I'm doing
a test swim down in Mexico.

Come. Let me show you what I got.

Eight hours of serious currents
in the open ocean.

Diana, enough. Zip it and serve.

You'd get a great tan.

I can't believe
you gotta put this on every single time.

You know, I feel like I forgot something.

I... I put the Milk-Bones out for the dog,
but Gus is gonna...

Bonnie, Bonnie,
need your undivided attention, okay?

I wanna be 30 feet from the boat

with you drafting to my left
so I can see you when I breathe.

- Copy that.
- Okay?

- How you feeling? Feeling okay?
- No, I... I... I feel... I feel terrific.

Like I said five minutes ago.

All right.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three...

Diana, big long strokes!

Reach, reach, reach!

One, two...

All the intellectualizations
that we learn to get by with during life

don't count anymore,
and it's a very dreamlike state.

- What do you think about?
- Uh, I have a system of counting.

A sort of hypnotic technique
of singing songs...

You are worthless!
I've already forgotten about you!

All of you!

You women! I'm done!

I'm feeling
that I'm as powerful as that ocean.

I'm 30 feet wide,
with incredible strength and shoulders.

Nothing's gonna stop me
to get to the other side.

Diana Nyad's been packaged
as the invincible marathon swimmer.

After a year of training,

she is in Havana ready
to swim the 103 miles

from Cuba to the Florida Keys.

Nyad and her sponsors
have spent about $150,000.

40 by 22-foot long,
10-ton steel cage.

This is designed to protect Diana Nyad

from the sharks and Portuguese men of war

which will be making the swim
alongside her.

Diana Nyad
will swim approximately

a quarter of a million strokes.

She'll lose about 20 pounds doing it,

and everyone expects her to be
hospitalized from exhaustion and exposure.

If there was ever anyone
who could do it, it's now and it's me.

This swim is much, much closer
to impossible than it is to possible.

It's too cold. I can't.

I just don't think
I can generate enough heat.

I don't know. What were you thinking?
You pathetic, stupid...

- Hey, hey! No. No, no, no, no!
- Stupid, stupid!

None of that, none of that.

Don't beat yourself up.
You're doing great.

Too cold.

I can't.

Hold on, hold on.

Let me get you a towel.

Okay, okay.

I'm supposed to last 60 hours out there.

I can only do six.

What? How long did I make it?

Four hours and fourteen minutes.

Let me ask you,
could there be another dream?

Why... why would you say that to me?

I talked to Steve Munatones,
you know, the open water swimming guy...

- Yes. I know who he is, Bonnie!
- Okay. All right.

Well, he doesn't think you can do it,

and he put me in touch with a doctor,

uh, you know, big sports medicine guy,
and he doesn't think you can do it either.

What exactly did they say?

Well, they've been studying athletes,
you know, for a long time,

and, um, they don't believe
that Cuba to Florida is humanly possible.

I mean, especially not for a woman,
especially not for someone your age.

Yeah, well fuck that.

Let me try again tomorrow.

- You need recovery time.
- No. Just one more time, okay?

Let me show you.

All right.

♪ One morning I woke up ♪

Good job, Diana!

♪ And I knew that you were gone ♪

♪ A new day ♪

Good job!

♪ A new way ♪

♪ I knew I should see it along ♪

♪ Go your way, I'll go mine ♪

♪ Carry on ♪

Come on, you can do this!

Push it, Nyad!

Home stretch, home stretch!

You can do this. Come on, Nyad, come on!

Give me everything you've got!
Everything you've got!

Go! Let's go!

- Thirty-two-five-four. It's a record!
- Yes!

♪ We have no choice but to carry on ♪

♪ Carry on ♪

♪ Love is coming ♪

Eight hours and three minutes. Yes!

When you told me that thing,

what that Steve
and that so-called doctor said

it just made me wanna do it more.

Really?

- Oh my God!
- No.

You sneaky little...

Now, that's why you're gonna be
a terrific coach.

I don't know the first thing
about training a swimmer.

You don't need to. You'll learn.

I don't know.

The whole... the whole Cuba thing,

with the visas
and the logistics and the money.

I mean, it... it...
uh, there's sharks out there.

I'll handle all of it.

What about my clients?

- Oh, I don't know.
- What about them?

They'll survive!

Oh... You just gonna quit
your sportscasting job?

Yes!

Come on! No more sitting on the sidelines.
I've had it.

Listen, Bonnie,
I just know I can do it, okay?

And I wanna do it with you.

I gotta do it with you.
I couldn't do it without you.

All right. Okay, I'm in.

All right!

Yes!

- Yes!
- Yes!

That's it.

You're at 52.

Fifty-two.

Good job.

That's it.

Keep going.

I'm dealing with a swim
in the open seawater.

It'd be like fighting a heavyweight bout
for two and a half days.

I feel like a panther myself.
I feel like I'm very well trained.

No days off,

to get myself in incredible muscular
and cardiovascular shape.

Expending so many calories.

I eat anywhere from 3,000 to 4,000
calories every three hours.

The physical strength and obviously,
the mental courage are...

If the seas remain calm,

she'll still have to brave
sharks and exhaustion

during her two and a half days
in the water.

Just outside Australia,
they have the largest

man-eating pelagic sharks
in the world off Cuba,

and I don't take them lightly at all.

In Bhiwani, we saw a 14-foot shark.

Hey, how long she gonna be?

Uh, 8 hours and 31 minutes.

Ugh.

It's a new fan.

I think it's time we get outta Dodge.

I hate to interrupt your conversation,

but, um,
I... I just need an answer from you.

Did you contact that guy
about the steel cage?

Oh. Oh yeah.

No, I'm not doing that again.

Excuse me?

Well, a shark cage makes it an aided swim.

No, thanks.

It's just me and the ocean the whole way.

Well, when were you gonna tell me that?

Yeah, I don't want an asterisk
next to my life's greatest achievement.

- But you know it's never been done before.
- Exactly.

I'll be the first.

I'm the swimmer, Bon. It's my call.

- Hello?
- Come in, come inside.

Hello.

- Oh my gosh.
- Anna!

- I'm so excited to have you.
- Thank you.

- Bonnie, yes?
- Bonnie.

- Hello, I'm Diana.
- She's dying to meet you.

- Here, I take.
- Oh, that's okay, I got it, I got it.

You know, I haven't seen Nina in years,

but, uh,
she and my mom still talk every week,

and we always hear about you.

- Mm-hmm.
- We're so grateful.

- Thank you so much.
- Yeah.

- Our home is yours.
- Our pleasure.

Isn't it, Mia?

The English Channel,
for example, is 21 miles.

I could swim that
in seven and a half hours,

even in the cold.

Cuba is on another level.

It's 100 miles, or 60 hours,

of constant swimming.

Now, I can stop to get medical attention,

I receive nourishment from my handlers,

or just float and marvel
at the dazzling universe above.

It's just so cool.

I'm this tiny speck

floating under the stars,

but I can't stop or touch the boat,

even to poop or pee.

Do you poop in the water?

- Yes. I'll get back to that.
- Eww.

But first,
I should tell you about the cold,

the risk for hypothermia,
but that's not what I'm most afraid of.

What are you most afraid of?

Sea creatures.

In these very waters,

live some of the deadliest
marine animals on Earth.

Forty-nine varieties of sharks,

stingrays, man of war.

And at night,
you don't even know they're there.

It's so dark you can barely see
a few inches in front of your face,

and they're right out there
just waiting for us.

Yes?

Here I am, 30 years later,

and I would love to see Pizza Hut
emblazoned on my swimsuit

as I traverse these...

Yes. Your math is correct, I am 61,

but that's the reason to do it,
not the other...

Well, of course you're entitled
to your opinion,

but I can't begin to tell you how
incredibly wrong and shortsighted it is.

First time,
it was like taking candy from a baby.

I just... I strutted into Rocky Aoki's
office, the Benihana guy,

and I heard he was into ocean stuff,
so I just showed up,

and I walked out with this huge,
like, lottery-sized check for $300,000.

- You realize I've heard this story?
- Yeah.

- Right, like, 400 times.
- It's a good story.

Yeah, but now it's like
a giant-sized lottery check.

Think he wants to invest again?

Actually, he's dead.

Oh.

Also, we need $500,000 this time.

Well,
maybe we need, like, a new angle.

Less men in suits and more lady stuff.

What do you mean, like tampons?

Not that we need those anymore, thank God.

No, thank God.

Also, Bon,

not that I'm worried
because I'm... I'm not, but

what are we gonna do about the sharks?

Sharks don't hunt people. Okay?

They don't wanna eat humans,
they wanna eat seals.

Yeah, but...

Sometimes, they'll test
whether you are in fact a seal.

How exactly do they test you? I mean...

That's why we have the shield.

Two electrodes
attached to the back of each kayak

that transmit an amplified signal.

They hate it. You watch.

Oh!

Oh!

Is... is that really necessary?

Don't worry, we've tested it.

Tried it on a bloody horse's leg
in the South Pacific.

Now, that's a dinner bell for a shark.
They all turned away.

Do you think you can, like,
shine a light on her at night?

'Cause I can't see her,

and the only way I know where she is
is when she's, uh, slapping the water...

- Guys!
- ...with her hands.

- Light attracts bait fish.
- Hello?

- Guys!
- Oh, he's coming in. Watch.

Hey! Tiny sensory organs in the snout.
The electrical current messes them up.

Me and my divers will be
all eyes and ears doing our sweeps,

ready if, God forbid,
the shield goes down.

I'd... I'd like to know
what weapons you use.

Is it like spear guns, or... or...

Poles with tennis balls.

We won't harm 'em.

You know, just a prod on the snout.

So, no weapons.

Look, Diana, we'll protect you, all right?

But you gotta remember,

this is their ocean, okay?

You're just passing through.

Just think of the marketing opportunities
with me at the forefront.

I don't know, maybe, "Still dry."

Or just go classic,

me on a billboard with your iconic slogan
ribboned beneath me,

"Strong enough for a man,
but made for a woman."

Oh, of course.

Yeah. Thanks, Deb.

I think
I just scored us a sponsor.

- Yeah! All right!
- Whoo!

So I got a lead on a navigator guy.

- You show me a navigator...
- He's in from Key West.

- ...that isn't full of shit.
- You can't drive the boat too.

We need this guy.

Everybody says he's great,
they call him the King of the Gulf.

So, I invited him for lunch tomorrow,

and I'm gonna order you
the fish tacos with the salsa on the side,

and you're gonna be
your most charming self, aren't you?

Nice boat.

I designed her myself.

I had to re-draw
the lines plans, like, 76 times.

My wife thought I was freaking
out of my mind, but she's perfect.

- Your wife or your boat?
- Both of 'em.

John Bartlett.

I used to watch you
on the Wide World of Sports.

Oh yeah?

"Thrill of victory, agony of defeat,"
and all that shit?

I need to see your navigation cabin.

No problemo.

The Gulf Stream's a raging dick.

It's basically a fast-moving river
in the middle of the ocean

going east when you wanna go north.

- If you're not exceeding its speed...
- You're going backwards.

Yes, I know.

You are aware that I've tried this before?

I sure am.

Well, I don't need a primer
on the Gulf Stream, okay?

What I need to know
is what qualifies you for this mission.

- What's your pedigree?
- Wait... wait a minute. What... what is this?

Do you think I'm selling you here,

or do you just have a hair
across your ass?

My last navigator screwed me, okay?

He had me slamming
into the surf for 14 hours straight.

- I would've made it if he hadn't...
- Well, that's on you.

I looked him up,
your old navigator from '78.

America's Cup preppy asshole
who didn't know shit about the Straits.

You can have
all the pedigree in the world,

but if you haven't sailed here,
if you haven't put in your 10,000 hours,

these counter-currents, these eddies,

it's like getting a freaking horse trainer
to install your dishwasher.

- That's poetic.
- Step outside with me for a minute.

Stick out your tongue.

Stick out your tongue.

You taste that?

- I don't know, salt?
- No.

Sand from the Sahara 7,000 miles away.

That's what this wind'll do.

What you wanna do
has never been done, right?

The course must be exact.

The axis of the stream
has to be calculated by someone

who knows
what the hell they're dealing with

so the stream will work for you,
not against you,

recomputing every 15 minutes.

You're off
a fraction of a degree to the east,

you're headed to the Turks and Caicos,
a fraction to the west, Texas,

or worse, you're spun into an eddy.

So choose the wrong dude again. No biggie.

It just might cost you your life.

Well, thank you
for your interest in the position.

- Bye.
- He'll do.

Hey... hey, wait.
Uh, what about lunch?

Huh?

You got a beer?

- Yeah.
- I need a beer.

If anybody
in the world can do it, it's her. Come on.

You must see it, like, a little bit.

Otherwise,
you wouldn't be sitting here, right?

You brought me lunch.

Correct, I did.

I'll be honest with you, Bonnie.
I don't know. I really don't.

There's only a few days each year

when the wind direction and the stream
will maybe let a swimmer cross.

Maybe. It's a tiny window.

And even then, she may not make it.

You know?

Plus, your deal is all volunteer, no comp.

We train for months
and may not even get a green light.

Yeah.

Wanna know my favorite feeling ever?

When I was...
when I was playing racquetball at my peak,

and I was 30,

and it was just me and the girls
just goofing off all around the country

like brats,

you know, and then... then it's...
it's game day and you get that rush,

like, "I'm gonna win,
I'm gonna win," you know?

I mean, the only way
that I'm gonna get that magic at this age

is through her.

How many more chances are we gonna get
to do heart-pumping shit, huh?

So that's why you're here.

Yeah, that and she needs me.

Don't ask me why.

And we really need you.
I promise you, it won't be boring.

Some people say boring is underrated.

Wild guess, you're not one of 'em.

Yikes. Bad.

I'm gonna call around,
see what people are using.

And, uh, you know, we got some good ideas
about how to keep you following the boat.

How you feeling? Ready for the overnight?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- Yes, yes.
- Well, you look great.

Look, hardening up. How's that shoulder?
Still seizing up on you?

It's... it's not too bad.

How about... how about your mind?

Like on the long swims?

It's good.

I've got my playlist up to about 85 songs.

Neil Young, Janis Joplin, The Beatles.

If I sing "No Reply" 1,000 times in a row,
that's 9 hours and 45 minutes to the beat.

I may need one more song, though,

but it has to be
in 4/4 time to go with the stroke.

Also, just so you know,

if you find yourself going someplace dark,

you know, find yourself beating up
on yourself just...

I said I'm fine.

Let me do that, okay?

All right.

Okay.

Everybody, all right, listen up.

So, 24-hour training swim.

Uh, this is our lovely Dee,
she's our captain.

When she's at the helm,
nobody talks to her. All right?

I've never heard
that woman speak,

but she's the best in the biz.

Same goes for the swimmer.
When in the water, no talking to her.

No joking. Serious business.

On our way, let's go.
You guys know each other.

Hey, Dee.

Yeah, the red light was Nico's idea.

We can't train a spotlight on you.

That'd send
all kinds of creatures after you.

But they don't like red.

Wow.

If we can't get something into her gut,
her body will start eating itself.

So, feedings every 90 minutes,
but you never tell her what time it is.

And, uh, you know,
try not to... to bump up against the ego.

You know, don't yell at her.
She does not respond well to tough love.

But don't baby her either.

When she starts to hallucinate,
you go with it. Okay?

Okay, let's show her.

Oh, hey, check it out.

Bartlett made you a lane
so you can stay closer to the boat.

- You did that?
- I did.

The mind deteriorates
along with the body.

When the body weakens
and the hallucinations start,

it's like sensory deprivation.

I thought
that gulls were dive-bombing my calf

and I thought there was blood
down the front of my face.

I can barely see.

The mental stress
that you go through is unbelievable,

just about torture.

I was vomiting
and I was losing all my strength and...

Can you read what it says
after Nyad?

That is your name, Diana.

This is your destiny.

So after your turn,
I wanna see you increase that stroke rate.

Wait, what is that?

Oh, uh...

- What? Let me see.
- I was just kidding.

Why are you throwing up?

Because...

...because I just swam for 24 hours.

Hey, visas came through.
We're cleared for Cuba.

- Better?
- Yeah.

All right. High-five.

Finally tonight,

someone who was a kind of hero
for so many of us,

Diana Nyad, the incredible swimmer,

is back and about to embark
on something we couldn't believe.

...set her sights on conquering
a feat that has eluded her for 30 years.

I hope to encourage unity

and good relations
between our two countries.

A connection.

And I can't wait to set off
as soon as the weather allows.

Thank you.

Uh, you know what?

I... There's something
I wanna say to all of you.

As we await the signal from Mother Nature,

I signed a contract
with my soul to never, ever give up.

You've all sacrificed a great deal.

No money, no perks, no guarantees.

But I can think of
no worthier cause for such sacrifice.

My life's mission, dare I say my destiny,

to fight
the wildly unpredictable conditions,

to tangle with the elements.

I will be the first Nyad.

If you look my name up in the dictionary,
you will see...

- That's great.
- ...literally "water nymph."

Thank you so much.
And... and... to... to... to destiny.

- To all of us. To Cuba. Okay?
- To Cuba.

- To waiting for the weather.
- Yes.

If we don't get out in a couple of weeks,
temp drops.

- A year down the drain.
- Yeah.

So, how's it looking?

I... I got three different forecasters,

both for weather
and the axis of the stream.

One in Maryland, one in Washington,

one in the Miami Hurricane Center.

- I'm... I'm comparing their models.
- And?

And it's Russian Roulette.

We might have a window
when this clears. Might.

I'd put our chances at marginal to fair.

Hey.

I gotta get out of here.

Go for a run or something.

Have you looked outside?

Yeah. Well, I have to stay ready.

Uh, you are ready.

I bumped into you in the kitchen,
it was like walking into a brick wall.

All right, look,
I... I don't want you to burn out,

so just sit still, be patient.

I know it's hard. It's hard.

No, you actually don't know.
You don't have to do it.

It's easy
for you to say that, right?

Yeah? Cut the shit.

All right? All this "me-me-me-me" crap.

- What?
- I remortgaged my house for this...

Yeah, so did I.

Well, then the correct response
would be "thank you."

Oh, so you're just gonna leave?

No, no, go ahead, fine.

Okay. No, go ahead. It's okay.
Just go smoke a joint or something.

Why don't you do some yoga? Read a book.

I didn't bring a book!

Storm's over.

It's our window.

This is it, Diana. It's go time.

There are 16 million people
who do open water swimming.

There are 116 people

who have actually swum
over 24 hours straight.

But to go more than 48 hours,

that's only 12 people
in the history of the world.

And of those 12,

Nyad is in a venue with jellyfish, sharks,

and the largest,
fastest moving body of water in the world.

She needs to go
52 hours plus for Nyad to succeed.

Everything has to go perfectly.

Thank you.

All right, guys, she's ready,
so move back a little bit, yeah?

- Okay.
- Thank you so much, everyone.

You got this.
You're gonna crush it, Diana.

- Onward.
- Onward.

Courage!

Every talk show host
and every stranger on a city bus asks me,

"Why does a seemingly sane,

obviously beautiful young woman
put herself through this kind of torture?"

The whole key to success
in marathon swimming,

masochistic as it may seem,

is the person who succeeds

is the person who is willing to endure
the most pain in the most number of hours.

Whoo!

Bartlett, how's it looking up there?

Good.

For now.

Four hundred sixty-one,
four hundred sixty-two,

four hundred sixty-three...

Seven twenty-eight,
seven twenty-nine, seven thirty...

Seven thirty-two,
seven thirty-three,

seven thirty-four, seven thirty-five,
seven thirty-six,

seven thirty-seven, seven thirty-eight...

Eight hundred seventy-eight,
eight hundred seventy-nine, eight hundred...

Four ninety-two, four ninety-three,
four ninety-four, four ninety-five...

Diana!

Come in for a feeding!

Here you go.

Bonnie, my shoulder.

All right. Scale of one to ten?

Uh,

six.

Ugh, jeez.
A normal person's eight. All right.

- Uh, medic? Need a couple of Tylenol.
- Copy that.

All right.
Well, you've gotta communicate with me.

- Okay.
- Don't just fight through it.

Come on, come on.

Here you go.

Got it?

It's good.

Are you okay?

Swimmer's in.

Onward.

Oh shit.

From the beginning,
the ocean was relentless,

but she kept swimming.

She swallowed seawater.

Seasickness lasted until the 15th hour,
depleting her of strength.

She couldn't keep her food down,
but she kept swimming.

- Bon.
- What's happening, Diana?

Are you... are you okay?

I'm okay.

I...

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Diana, Diana, stop. Look at me.

Stop talking.

It's okay.

Shit. All right.
She's... she's having an allergic reaction.

What did you give her?

Angerine. It's like Tylenol.

No!
We went over this. She's allergic.

She can't have any kind of NSAID. Shit!

Constantly changing winds
forced her navigators

in the first hours to change course.

She was swimming northeast
toward the Florida coast,

directly into that rough water.

The conditions took three
times the energy Diana wanted to expend.

After battling
relentless weather conditions

and hopelessly off course,

Diana was pulled from the water.

It took five minutes
to convince her the swim was impossible.

She kept saying, "What will it take?"

"I know I can go on
for at least 30 more hours."

Diana Nyad
had to be carried into her boat.

She had endured 42 hours
of rough water in the Florida Straits.

Even though saltwater
had caused her eyes, lips,

and tongue to swell,

the 28-year-old marathoner
wanted to keep on swimming.

I didn't wanna just give up
and go back and never swim again.

She was 85 miles short
of Key West.

The sea had beaten Diana Nyad.

She's been swimming for over 24 hours.

Yeah.

The last few, barely breathing.

This is where we're supposed to be.

If we stop for more than three
or four minutes, the currents screw us.

- We're getting pushed east.
- Toward freaking Africa.

She'd have to swim
double time to make it up.

You gotta call it.

- Shit.
- I know, I know.

Diana, come close to the boat.

Take off your goggles. Look at me.

Look at me.

No.

We gotta get you out!
You can't fight the currents.

Don't say it.

Diana, you're swimming,
but you're not going anywhere.

It's two steps forward, fifteen back.
It's impossible!

You've done everything humanly possible.

Everything. You rock.

Yeah, this is Mother Nature.

Honestly...

I'm not even sore.

I'm not kidding.

...pushed Nyad
far east off her charted course.

Keep in mind that she is now 61 years old.

At 28 she also tried the same swim
and had to quit then too

because of rough weather
and these extremely strong currents.

I'm bummed. I was rooting for her.
I wonder if she's gonna try a third time.

Thank you, everyone!

You just gotta be careful
with her lips.

We got the oxygen here and, uh,
don't touch that when new.

And, uh, Bartlett?

Say hi to Jon Rose, our new lead medic.

Welcome to the Titanic.

Don't listen to him.
He's a chronic defeatist.

- Happy to meet you.
- Low expectations are key to happiness.

Don't let the swimmer
hear you say that.

Hey, hey, Diana,
can you slow the pace a little?

You're at 58 strokes a minute,

so just... just take it down.

- All right.
- Wait, are you timing her?

Yeah, I can hear it.

You know, the slap of her hands
on the water with the strokes.

That's how psychotic
I've become.

I gave her some of that coffee gel.
You know, she's off like a rocket.

Hold her back as long as you can.

My stick readings say the current's
gonna be roaring in a couple hours.

All right.

Looking good, folks, looking good.

Watch out for icebergs.

♪ You can smile ♪

♪ Every smile for the man ♪

♪ Who held your hand
Beneath the pale moonlight ♪

♪ But don't forget who's taking you home ♪

♪ And in whose arms you're gonna be ♪

♪ So, darling
Save the last dance for me ♪

- Fire, fire, fire! Help! Fire!
- Di-Diana, what is it?

- All right, Diana.
- Help!

- Diana, I'm right here. I'm right here.
- Fire, fire!

Diana, I'm right here.
Easy, easy, easy, easy.

- Here he comes.
- Oh shit!

- What is it? Some jellyfish?
- Oh Jesus!

It's not a man o' war!

Luke, call the UMiami lady
and... and describe it.

Fire, fire, fire, fire, fire!

Jon Rose, get closer to her.

- Get her to the boat.
- No! Don't touch me!

Nobody's gonna touch you.

We're not gonna touch you.
Just get closer to the boat.

- We need you closer.
- Get 'em out!

Diana!

Diana, now! Get closer to the boat.

Give her the shot!
Give her the shot!

There you go. Oxygen, please.

UMiami says it sounds
like a box jellyfish.

They shouldn't be here. They can kill.

Holy hell. Let's get him out the water.

- All right. Um, I'm gonna pull you out.
- Jon Rose? Get him out!

No, stay.

Diana, this is your life.

My life. My life.

No.

No!

No stay. Swim.

- It's fine.
- All right.

Breathe in through your nose
and out your mouth.

Breathe in with this.
There you go.

Here you go. Take this.
Take it from me. Take it from me.

That's it.

Put it right up there.
Give me a good breath. One good breath.

Good.

Don't...

don't wanna give up.

Don't... don't wanna give up.

I know, I know.

So, she wants to keep going.

She's stable.

So, what's our position?

Are you serious?

She could die at any second
and you wanna know our position?

The hell are we doing here?

It's her dream. Right?

It's... it's her call.

And we're already all the way out here.

Yeah.

All right.

If you can live with it.

Just read me our position, please.

So the UMiami folks think

that the box jellyfish came up
off the shallow reef when we left Cuba.

Global warming.
Apparently, they're breeding like crazy.

But they should be behind us now.

And, uh, Bartlett said
that we didn't drift too badly

because you were doing so good before.

Good time, you know?

But you got to take it easy.
All right? Slow.

All right, let's go.

All right, everybody, we're going.

Come on! Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah!

It's for the jellyfish.

Just in case.

Fantastic.

The stop kill us?

Trying to make a correction

for a little northeasterly drift,
but I like our position.

Wow. You never like our position.

I know.

I gotta tell you, Bon,
she's making up time.

We're 45.2 statute miles from the marina.

She keeps going like this,
we're gonna see Florida before sunrise.

Look at you.

You're good to go.

Looks good. Beautiful.

Onward.

Yeah.

This is why we swim
that extra lap,

this is why we run that extra mile,

this is why we push you
to your limit every single day.

You give me everything you got out there,

all your heart,
all your strength, all your focus,

I guarantee you
you're gonna leave here a champion.

- You hear me?
- Yes.

Panthers on three. One, two, three.

Panthers!

Dig deep, Nyad. Come on!

Come on! Come on!

Come on, come on!

Come on, Nyad!

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! You did it!

No!

Stop! No!

My face! My face!

Tentacles.

Right!
Get... get her out of the water!

Right now!

Get her out!

Diana, stay there!

Hey, Nyad?

Nyad?

If you wanna catch a nap,
guest room down the hall. Go ahead.

What's going on? What's going on?

Nothing.

No. No, no, no, no, no.

Come on. Come on, Diana.

You can't... you can't do that now.
You gotta breathe.

Come on, baby, breathe.

Breathe, you breathe deep.

I know you got another one in you.
Come on, give me another one.

Give me another breath.

Come on.
Stop messing with me, Diana. Breathe, now.

What happened?
What happened? What happened?

Blow out. Blow out,
blow out, blow out, blow out.

Come on, blow out, blow out. Blow out!

Diana, blow out. Now, blow out.

Oh God.

Oh Jesus.

Bonnie, Bonnie,
Bonnie, Bonnie, feel this.

Yeah.

She still thinks she's swimming.

You still swimming, babe?

All right, all right, you keep swimming.

And keep breathing.

I should've pulled her out.

I should've said,
"That's it. No, we're done."

Why am I not allowed to say

that it pisses me off
to be felled by sea creatures,

to be rendered powerless
by stupid jellyfish?

It's just so beneath me.

When you... when you say it's beneath you,

that is just demeaning to us.

To all of us. To me, to Bartlett,
Jon Rose, to Luke, to Dee.

- We worked hard, Diana.
- I know you did.

Yeah, and we were scared shitless.

- You've any idea what it was like for me?
- I know.

No, no, you don't know.

I watched you die, Diana.

For 15 seconds, I thought you were dead.

All because I said okay to you again.

I said, "Oh yeah, okay, sure."

I... I can't do that again. I can't.

Yeah, but I wasn't. I didn't. I'm here.

I'm... I'm here,
I'm okay, and I'm not quitting.

Okay?

We have learned so much each time.
I've... I've learned about myself, too.

Yeah, okay, what... what did you learn?

I don't wanna look back
and feel like I could've fought harder.

I hate that feeling.

I know that. What else?

Look... look, one more time.

One more time. That's it.

We spend the next year training,

but also fixing the jellyfish problem.

I actually got a lead
on a box jellyfish expert.

How do you already have a lead
on a box jellyfish expert?

It's called the internet, Bonnie.

Look, she's a doctor.

She seems like a really cool lady.

Do you have any idea
how exhausting you are as a friend?

In the future,
never let them give her an Epi injection.

Box stings cause epinephrine to spike.

She's lucky she didn't overdose.

Uh, listen, I told her I was only going
if I could protect her from the box.

So, what do you think? Is this crazy?

She can't get stung again.

You don't build up immunity to the venom.
It works in the opposite way.

So there cannot be a next time.

The suit, I designed it expressly
for this purpose. It'll help.

But yeah, I'd say this is pretty crazy,

but it's also very punk rock.

Hello? Bonnie?

This is brutal.

Yeah. Well, we can't help you.

It's regulation.
You gotta put it on yourself.

Well, I can't do it.

Then don't.

But you will die.

Listen, could you come with us?

It would be a great adventure.

Baumgartner says
he's not afraid of dying on this jump

'cause he's worked hard...

Woo-hoo!

He's base jumped from...

What's going on? What is it?

- Where's the remote?
- What?

- ...and from the Christ the...
- Check it out.

It's the hardest swim
in the world today.

This is the ultimate
of ultramarathon swimming.

Are you kidding me?

She's... she's... she's like the baby.

...and this is like getting a world record
and a gold medal at the Olympic Games.

No, but it's possibly harder,

possibly because
no one's been able to do it.

Yeah, we know no one's been able to do it.

- That's the whole damn point!
- Hey! Can you stop talking? I wanna hear.

I will not wear a wetsuit,
I will not use a shark cage...

I can't believe this.

This... this is my window.
She's stealing my swim!

That... No, that's what I'm gonna do.

God! Where's a box jellyfish
when you need one?

I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that.

It stopped.

Okay, her tracker stopped.

Where?

Where'd it stop?

- Right there.
- What?

Is it instrument failure? Or, wait.

- Wait...
- Did they pull her out?

Lookit, lookit, lookit. Wait a minute.

Remote.

Painful stings
from a swarm of the creatures

just 11 hours into the swim
forced McCardell to ditch the whole idea.

- Yes!
- Yes!

Yes, yes, yes, yes!

I had one coming out of my mouth.

I was pulling it,
this tentacle, out of my mouth,

but I ended up just begging them.

I'm like, "I need to get out.
This is... this is not going away."

"It's only gonna get worse.
Like, this is the start."

- Goodness.
- I'm not coming back.

- You won't attempt again?
- No.

Bonnie, Bonnie, wake up.

Bonnie.

- What?
- We have got to go to Cuba, now.

All of my models say no, all right?

We've got the Atlantic gyre
stalled above the 17th parallel,

we've got storm systems
coming off the coast of Africa,

not to mention the Gulf.

We'll have nothing but huge peaks
if we bump up against that damn east wind.

This is not our window.

- Well, just check the models again.
- My models are good, I'm sorry.

Do you like the idea
of a full-tilt current?

Walls of seawater
smacking you in the face?

Puking up as you get sucked east
toward the Bahamas?

Does that sound like fun to you?

If we wait any longer,
the season will end. It will be too cold.

I'm aware.

Look, it's not the only swim in the world.

You know we could go someplace else.
Guam is nice this time of year.

- Guam?
- What's wrong with Guam?

It's not Cuba!

When are you gonna listen
to my expertise, Diana?

Oh, that's right, you know everything.

No, you're the expert. Fine.
But I'm the CEO of the operation.

- The CEO?
- We're going.

- I'm not waiting a year in training again.
- It's too dangerous, Diana.

I pinged my weather guy in Atlanta,
and Greg says we are good to go.

Oh, well, if Greg says so.
Who the hell is Greg?

I've never even heard of him.
This isn't his call.

Yeah, you're right. It's not. It's mine.

I'm in charge. That's the deal.
And guess what? We're going.

Come on, what the hell? Huh?

Bartlett?

Can we talk?

I'm... I'm sorry about that. That was...

Does she think
I don't wanna get out there?

Elke and I canceled
seven charters this month

so I could do this.

I'm trying to look out
for people's lives here.

I know. I know.

Jesus, and, I mean, look at you.

I've... I've watched you stand
on that transom

for 40 hours straight
peeing over the side of the boat

so you didn't have to leave her
for a second. Does she see that?

Does she ever say thank you?

- She does, in her own way...
- She plays you like a fiddle.

Hey. Look, you don't know.

- I mean, she and I, we...
- Oh, come on, Bonnie.

You put her over your own
better judgment every single time.

Look, it's a risk.

Okay? Shit.

I mean, we've come this far.

We gotta let her try.

Oh, come on.
What... what are you gonna do?

You gonna go home
and you gonna sail around

a bunch of tourists the whole season?

Come on.

We're so close.

♪ Come on, come on ♪

♪ You take another look into my heart ♪

♪ There's another little pain in my heart
My heart, yeah ♪

I told her this wasn't our window!

♪ Take another little piece of my heart ♪

♪ There's another little piece
Of my heart now, baby ♪

That's two seconds apart.

We gotta get the kayakers and pull 'em in.

- Dee! Hold north!
- Shit.

Forty-nine hours in.

Christ we're taking on water!

Bonnie, get her out!

Diana!

Diana!

- Diana!
- Diana!

- Nico! Do you see her?
- No!

Diana! Diana!

Diana!

It's okay.

Nice. That's it, Nyad. That's it.

It's undeniable.

And if you are receptive to coaching...

Your shirt.

No!

You will never see me again!

Diana!

Diana!

Diana!

Diana!

Where is she?

Diana!

Diana!

Diana! Come into the boat!
We're pulling you out!

No! I'm staying in! I can do it, Bon!

Are you out of your mind? No!

It'll pass!

No! I swear to God! I'm not...

Bartlett's boat is flooding!

I'm not risking human life.

We can wait it out!

You tell me that I should die for this!

Well, it was intended
to be our feel-good story this week,

but it didn't quite turn out that way.

Diana Nyad is back on dry land tonight.

Her goal of becoming the first person
to swim from Cuba to Florida

without a shark cage
ended early this morning.

She did cover about 48 miles,

which means she could've crossed
the English Channel twice,

but could go no farther.

The only one
who gets to decide if I'm through is me.

You may not be done,
but everyone's exhausted.

All right, you majorly offended Bartlett,
and, uh, Nico's gotta get back to work.

He's got a new gig repairing A/Cs.

Nico says
it's the adventure of his lifetime.

You really don't get it, do you?
What this is like for us?

We're broke.

The time, the emotional toll.
I mean, it's been years, Diana.

Well, suck it up.

We're a team, right?

Wow.

Your superiority complex
is really screwed up, you know that?

Yeah. Well, everyone should have
a superiority complex.

Everyone should feel
like the star of their own life.

Yeah, exactly. My life! My life!

And... and...
and I got things that I wanna do.

Yeah? Like what?

I don't know.

I mean, that's... that's the crazy part.
I don't... I don't even know.

What do I want, you know?
What... what do I wanna do?

But guess what?
I get to decide, not you.

I just think that you need to make peace
with the possibility of my death.

What does that mean?

I would do it for you
if it made you happy.

Oh, would you? Would you do that?

Yes. Imagine knowing, in your bones,

that you could do something
that only you could do.

Like fate.

Enough with the fate, Diana.

- Nyad...
- I know what your name means!

- My father...
- He was an asshole.

Yes, he was an asshole,

but he understood my destiny!

This isn't about you
or... or your destiny,

this is about me, okay?

For once this is about me!

And... and you don't...
you don't... you don't even think of me.

You just... you just want me
to, like, tag along with you.

No, of course I think about you.

I know what you're capable of
better than you do.

Listen to yourself.
That is so patronizing. I can't...

Look, I know
that the world wants me to shut my mouth

and sit down and wait to die,

but I didn't think you did.

Stop.

I can't.

I won't. I will not accept defeat.

Are you with me?

No.

Yeah, but your coach.
Here you are, resting up to compete.

When your mind
and your body have to be in sync.

And you think I swam well
in the state meets?

He would say, you know,
"You can't tell anyone about this."

"First, it's so special."

"We have something so special,
so you can't tell anybody."

"No one will understand."

"You'll be kicked out of school
and you'll never be the Olympic swimmer

because you'll lose me."

"You're a little girl
and you don't understand,

but I'm a man and I need this
and someday you'll understand."

Attempt number four.

Here I am at the launch, nerves screaming.

No idea what lies ahead of me
but resolved by sheer will,

compelled by the power
of the human spirit.

Courage.

Uh, this is Bonnie, my coach.

She is in charge of making sure
that I get my calories and electrolytes.

Bonnie again.

Uh...

You... you don't leave room
for imagining defeat.

You really do believe

that you're going to make it
every single time,

but...

Um, I mean,

four tries and four failures.

Okay.

Oh.

Oh come on, Nyad, stupid bitch.

Yep?

Uh, are you still mad at me?

Because I am so sorry.

Some of the things I said,

and my attitude,
was... it... out of proportion.

Thank you.

And no, I'm not mad.

But if you're asking me to go again,
I... I... I just can't.

You know, I... I got shit going on.

Mortgage to pay, you know?
I gotta get back to work, you know?

Life catches up at some point.

Yeah, no, I understand.

Maybe it just can't be done, you know?

What, I'm...

I'm just supposed to accept

everyone's denigrating
and mediocre standards of what's possible?

Bonnie's done with me, too.

Oh, cut the shit, Bonnie loves you.

You two are family.

You know, it's not
that I don't know that I'm this way,

that... that I'm so...

Radical?

That's a nice way to say it.

Why is it so hard?

Yeah, why is it so hard
to be a person?

You know,
there was nothing like that feeling,

being out there on those days
when we were just jamming

and... and you were going strong

and the dolphins were following you,

and... and me and Bonnie and the team
were super in sync thinking,

"Hell yeah, we... we can do this.
We... we can pull this off."

This... this crazy thing we all believed in.

That high.

Yeah, that...
that was some good shit, right?

Yeah, no, I...
I never saw that, but I felt it.

Oh, that's true.

- You know, you... you were underwater.
- Yeah.

Singing to myself in the dark.

Kind of badass, Diana.

Very much so.

Well, uh, I... I... I... I'd better...

No, no, yeah, yeah, of course.

Goodnight, John.

Goodnight, Diana.

I've been calling.

- I left messages.
- Oh.

Diana, I just...
I... I don't wanna get into this again.

No, no, I know.

I just wanted to see you, talk to you.

Fine.

I read in the paper
that, uh, Jack Nelson died.

Yeah.

I thought you'd call me.

Well, good riddance.

I hate victim shit.

I know you do.

Yeah, he's still
in the Swimming Hall of Fame

even after all of us came forward,

said we were abused by him,
said it in public.

Can you believe that?

God!

I... I... I wish I could've killed him myself.

- And I would have, too.
- Yeah?

- Yeah.
- How would you have done it?

Chop his dick off.

Oh.

Dull knife, granite cutting board.
Just let him bleed to death.

Why granite?

I don't know,
that's just how I pictured it.

Yeah. Well, he didn't damage me,
he didn't throw me off course.

I'm good, I'm fine.

But then there are moments
when it's like I'm 14 again and...

it's... it's like his voice
is coming out of me,

and I get so mad at myself.

I mean, why didn't I fight harder?

I was a force.

Oh baby, baby, you know...
you know it doesn't work like that.

You know that.

I do. I do know that.

It's just, I...

I mean, I...

He was so nice to me.

I mean, at first, you know.

I... I wrote "I love Coach Nelson"
on my notebook,

and he saw that I...

You know?
Oh God, I never told anybody that.

Hey.

You are a force.

Swim or no swim, you are a force.

Know that.

I know.

And I, um... I'm not gonna stop.

I'm free to keep trying.

Yeah, you are, Diana.

So, I'm gonna...

train and crew up,

and, uh, see you when I get back.

- We'll have dinner or something.
- Sure.

Okay.

You know I'm always rooting for you.

Team Nyad.

Hey, James?

I want you drafting to my left, okay,
so I can see you when I breathe.

And every 90 minutes,

if you could grab one of those, uh,
packets of goo from the cooler.

Bonnie, my handler, she usually
just squirts it directly into my mouth.

You know what? Never mind.

It's okay.

And... and I'll...
I'll be ready in a few minutes.

Gus, want to take a hike?

Hmm?

Come on, puppy. Let's go.

...should I have done?

Doesn't everything die
at last and too soon?

Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?

Jesus, Mary Oliver.
I mean, give me a break.

In an interview
with public radio,

Oliver noted
that simplicity was important to her.

Her poems are often
a joyful celebration of nature,

but she also chronicled the abuse
she endured as a child

growing up in rural Ohio.

As she told us in 2012,

she found a haven in two great passions.

She loved the natural world
and dead poets.

Woo-hoo!

All right.

I'm gonna say a few things.

Bonnie, what the...

Don't interrupt me.

All right. I'm here because...

I thought about it,

and...

you've been my person since we were,
like, 30 running around like idiots.

You know, we do things together.
We do fun shit, boring shit, hard shit.

I tried doing my own thing,
but it just wasn't the same.

You're not a quitter.

The point is,

we're getting old together.

You know,
we're getting old, and if you die...

I wanna be the last person you see.

Don't die.

But if you do,
I'll be right there with you.

At 28 years old,
she set out to become the first person

to swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida
without a shark cage.

Three and a half decades
after starting her quest,

sixty-four-year-old Diana Nyad

hopes this will be the year
she completes it.

And this is her fifth attempt
to swim from Havana to Florida.

As always,
she'll fight wind and currents,

dehydration and hypothermia,

and over these three days
that Nyad will need to reach Florida,

a lot could go wrong.

Wonderful to see you.

Hey. Hey.

- Hey.
- Hey.

You made it.

Yeah.

Did you do this?

No, I...

Elke says we're already so broke,
what's a little more broke?

But the green light is my call. Capisce?

Your call.

Wow.

- What?
- You look remarkably like a seal.

Ugh. What is with this... this new mask?
It's somehow even worse.

Well, Angel insisted
'cause someone swallowed a box.

Ugh. What happened?

What do you think happened? They died.

Diana, everyone,
we're officially on red alert.

I think we have a window.
Tomorrow, we go for it.

- Yes!
- All right.

Hey.

Good. We're doing it.

Nyads, water nymph, destiny. Right?

You know, the whole thing with Aris...

how he's not my biological dad.

I mean,

so technically, I'm not even...

Hey, hey, hey.

Listen to me.

There's no one more Nyad than you.

Onward.

Courage!

Damn it.

Take a look.

Shields couldn't have gone down,
right?

Shit.

Look at that, did you see that?

I'm gonna see what's going on
with the shield. I'm going out, okay?

All right.

Seven hundred thirty-two...

Wait. What's happening?

What is that?

- Jesus Christ.
- See?

- Should we pull her?
- Bonnie!

- Get her as close to the boat as possible.
- Cut the engine.

Diana!

Diana! Come towards the boat.

No splashing,
just a little... little baby breaststroke.

What's going on?

We're fixing the shark shield.
Don't you worry.

Don't look.

- Is it on or off? Tell us.
- I think it's back on.

He thinks it's back on.

All clear.

Yes! Yes!

- Yeah! Good job, guys. Thank you.
- Yes!

Thanks, everyone.

♪ I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood ♪

♪ I crossed the ocean
For a heart of gold ♪

♪ I've been in my mind
It's such a fine line ♪

♪ That keeps me searching
For a heart of gold ♪

♪ And I'm getting old ♪

♪ Keeps me searching for a heart of gold ♪

It's cutting my mouth.

You have to wear it just until dawn,
then we'll be out of the woods.

Oh, cap first. Yes.

♪ Keep me searching for a heart of gold ♪

♪ You keep me searching
And I'm growing old ♪

♪ Keep me searching for a heart of gold ♪

♪ I've been a miner for a heart of gold ♪

Goddammit.

- Here you go.
- Hey, thanks.

- Been meaning to ask you.
- Hmm?

How'd she rope you back in?

We had a nice chat.

And, um...

I'm sick, Bonnie.

- Oh.
- She doesn't know.

Oh jeez.

I'm trying to take it on the chin.

Yeah.

Anyway,

I figured I had one last adventure
in me.

Yeah.

- The swimmer.
- The swimmer.

Four hundred seventy-four,

four hundred seventy-five,

four hundred seventy-six.

Hey, Bonnie.

Finally, we hit the stream just right.

It's sweeping her north.

We just gotta keep her cranking.

Diana. Diana.

Come on in. Come on.

There you go.
Come on. Baby breaststroke, that's it.

Good job.

Here you go.

I'm not gonna make you eat anything. No.

Just, uh... You gotta get some fluids down.

At least four and a half more ounces.

That's what you need. There you go.

I know.

You're swallowing a lot of seawater.

Yeah, see?

All right, you're going to Florida.

That way.

You're going to Florida, Key West.

That's it. You're doing great.

Just one good one. One good one.

That's it. That's it.

Second one.

We just hit 75 miles.

This is as far
as we've ever made it before.

I... I didn't think I'd see it here.

The Taj Mahal.

It's stupendous.

Head straight towards it, Diana.

It's that way.

So, down the yellow brick road?

Yep. Yellow brick road to the Taj Mahal.

Just keep moving.

Just keep moving.

Ms. Nyad holds Italy's
Capri-to-Naples world record.

...recognition fantasies I have,
they shouldn't be fantasies...

She swum 32 miles.

Feeling that my body is
as gargantuan as a whale,

I'm 30 feet wide,
with incredible strength and shoulders,

and I'm just muscling my way through
that water nothing's gonna stop me.

Gulls were dive-bombing my calf,

and I thought there was blood
all down the front of my face.

Sixty hours nonstop in the open sea.

It's like I'm getting that gold medal
at the Olympic games.

This swim is much, much closer
to impossible than it is to possible.

I feel like, uh,

I have a moment of immortality
when I get to the other side.

♪ I was all right for a while ♪

♪ I could smile for a while ♪

♪ I love you even more than I did before ♪

♪ But, darling, what can I do? ♪

♪ For you don't love me ♪

Hey, you. Yeah, you. Keep going.

♪ Crying over you ♪

♪ Crying over you ♪

♪ Yes, now you're gone ♪

♪ And from this moment on ♪

♪ I'll be crying ♪

♪ Crying, crying ♪

Bonnie. Bonnie!

♪ Crying, I'm crying ♪

Do you see it?

Can you see it?

♪ Crying ♪

♪ Over ♪

♪ You ♪

Diana.

Diana.

Come on.

That's it, that's it.

You're never gonna put that mask on again.

Off with the goggles.

All right.

Diana, look at me.
I need you to look at me.

- No.
- Look at me.

- It's over?
- No.

No. I... I... Did we drift?

I can make it up.

- No, no...
- Bonnie, I... I'm not getting out.

- Diana, stop, stop. Look over there.
- I can make it up.

- Look. See that?
- I'm not getting out.

You see that, the horizon?
Look at the horizon.

You see it?

Is it the sun?

No, that's not the sun, babe.

Those are the lights of Key West.

Diana, what I'm telling you is,
there's not gonna be another night.

Just one big push.

If you can really bring it,
if you can really, really bring it,

then you're gonna reach Florida today.

But there's still a long way to go,
all right?

At least 12 more hours.

Babe, you gotta... you need to dig deep.

You can dig deep. All right?

Now, get some of this into you.

You're doing great, babe.
You're doing great.

Uh...

Diana!

Gotta stay in closer
to the line of the boat.

You're not done yet.

Slow down.

She's going the wrong way,
and she's wasting strokes.

I know.

I need another tenth of a knot,
or it's over.

I know. Shit!

What are you doing? Bonnie? Bonnie.

Really, Bonnie?

Diana?

Diana, woo-hoo!

Diana?

Bon, you're in the water with me.

Now, listen to me.

All you gotta do... all you gotta do
is just swim a little bit.

- All right?
- Don't touch me.

- No. I'm not gonna touch you.
- You can't touch me.

We're in this together. Right?

We do everything together. All right?

But you don't have to... you don't have
to think about what's going on.

All you gotta do
is just take a couple of good strokes.

All right? You think you can do that?

Huh? How about... how about...
how about five... five good strokes?

Come on. I know you can.

See, I know you can
because I know what a beast you are.

I'm not gonna let you give up.

See if you can do it. I bet you can.

You're gonna give me one...
one good stroke, just for me.

Just one. Only one, and then we go.

One good stroke.

That's it, that's it. Beautiful.

Just one more stroke. Just one more.

That's it.

One more.

- Yeah. One more.
- Bonnie...

No, no, no, no. No talking.
You just save that breath for Key West.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Come on. One more stroke, babe.

Just one more. You got it.

That's it.

That's it, power!

Come on, power!

One big stroke.

Yeah, that's a good one.

That's it, babe.

You're going that way.

That way. You got it, babe.

Show off.

- We're moving, aren't we?
- We're moving, Bon.

Guys, we're so close.

What's wrong, Bartlett?

You got this.

For the record, I got sand in my eyes.

Let's go, Dee.

Diana!

You got this!

Hell yeah!

It is nothing less
than remarkable.

Her swimming speed increased
during the middle of the voyage

after she was picked up
by fast-moving currents.

She averaged about two
miles per hour with the strong current.

She was accompanied
by roughly 40 people on 4 boats.

From above, you can see Nyad
in crystal-clear water

as she got one stroke closer
to the shore of Key West.

Diana Nyad's about to land!

Diana Nyad, ladies and gentlemen!

Diana!

Nyad! Nyad!

Nyad! Nyad!

Nobody touches her
or she'll be disqualified.

No one touches her
or she'll be disqualified!

Everybody back!

Back! No touching!

Do not touch her! Nobody touches her!

Diana Nyad has just swam 110 miles
from Cuba!

Come towards me.

Right here.

Okay, babe, you got it.

Come this way.

Come on, Diana.

Okay, this is all you.

Come on, babe.

You got it. Keep coming.
That's right, I'm right here.

I'm right here, babe. Keep coming.

One more step.
We need two ankles out of the water.

Two ankles out of the water,
you can do it.

This is all you, nobody else.
Just a couple more feet.

One step at a time.

I need two ankles out.

Keep coming, keep coming, I got you.

You're doing great.

Just one first.

You got this.

You got this.

Okay, careful, careful.

That's it, that's it. Just two ankles out.

Yeah.

We did it. We did it.

I just want to say three things.

One,

never, ever give up.

Two,

you're never too old to chase your dreams.

And three...

it looks like a solitary sport,

but it takes a team.

That's right.

Yeah!

We did it!

♪ At the edge
I see the end, I see the light ♪

♪ I keep moving faster than I did before ♪

Yeah, we got lucky this time.
We had a good Gulf Stream.

I knew from the beginning Diana
was gonna be able to make it to Florida

if the right components would just align.

♪ I won't stop ♪

♪ I won't give up ♪

♪ Till the end of forever ♪

♪ Don't know what to do
And I don't know what to say ♪

How do you feel seeing hundreds
of supporters here for you?

Cool. It was cool.

I saw the look on their faces.

They love to see somebody my age
doing something nobody else has ever done.

And the third thing I said on that beach
was, "It's a team."

And if you think I'm a badass,
you wanna meet Bonnie.

- Bonnie?
- She's backstage and she shook my hand.

- She's a badass.
- Yeah.

Diana tells really great stories,
but with her... when I'm involved in 'em,

I don't like the little embellishment.

It's not exact...

Just so you know,
the big picture is the same,

it never looks exactly like she's saying.

Thank you.

Diana Nyad, I challenged you.

You chickened out.

You swam to Cuba
with all the sharks and the jellyfish,

but you're afraid to wrestle me?

You came to America in a boat?

♪ Fighting for your dreams ♪

♪ You will find a way, you'll find a way ♪

♪ Oh, don't give up ♪

I don't wanna be that crazy lady...

...who does this over and over,

fails over and over till I'm 90.

I was swimming with this thing on.

I didn't realize you were wearing this.
She's changed since I saw her last.

♪ Don't know what to do ♪

Yeah!

If I sing it 1,000 times,

I've got nine hours and 45 minutes
to the, boom, to the beat.

♪ You will find a way, you'll find a way ♪

I'm gonna walk across America.

♪ Oh, don't give up ♪

♪ As you sail into your light ♪

♪ Looking for your dreams ♪

♪ You will find a way, you'll find a way ♪

And I closed my eyes
and I closed my fists,

I said it and I meant it.

I couldn't have done it
a fingernail faster.

You need to just wake up
and do it again and again

until you get there.

So at 4:00, it depends on the day,
but, like, today was 4:45.

I get in my gym.

My neighbors, it's dark.

My neighbors are all soundly asleep,
and I play...

Which means, "Get up!"

If this is my navigation...

- That's what we used last year.
- It's not gonna be like that.