ABC News – Diana Nyad swam through cheering crowds of swimmers, boaters and paddlers off the coast of Key West this afternoon as she completed her record-setting swim from Cuba on her fifth attempt.

Nyad’s arrival on the beach made her the first person to ever swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.

The 64-year-old swimmer arrived at Key West beach at 2 p.m. this afternoon, completing a journey that started for her in 1978, during her first attempt at the 112-mile swim.