Diana Nyad--What Was She Thinking?

[Johnny Tremain]

A great swimmer all her life--and quite the competitor.
But--when you are almost 63 (tomorrow) and think you can swim from Cuba to Key West--well you just might have a touch of Alzheimer's.

I know--she and I were born in the same year, 1949--so I understand folks like this pretty well.

"A woman's got to know her limitations."

 

[Cruella]

A great swimmer all her life--and quite the competitor.
But--when you are almost 63 (tomorrow) and think you can swim from Cuba to Key West--well you just might have a touch of Alzheimer's.

Maybe she should have read a weather report. There is a hurricane out there.

Name this person: 1984 Age 70: Handcuffed, shackled and fighting strong winds and currents, towed 70 boats with 70 people from the Queen’s Way Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary, 1 ½ miles.