State officials will be unveiling a Florida Historical Marker in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday to commemorate Diana Nyad’s incredible 110-mile swim from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage.
Succeeding on her fifth attempt at age 64, Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to the Keys without a shark cage — despite battling stinging jellyfish, nausea and other physical and mental challenges. She completed the historic feat in 2013.
Nyad’s swim was later turned into a feature film, “Nyad,” starring Annette Bening as the swimmer and Jodie Foster as Stoll, her friend and trainer…