Nyad says she underestimated man o' war threat
JENNIFER KAYJENNIFER KAY, Associated Press?
?In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad shows Portuguese Man o? War jellyfish stings after she arrived in Key West, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, following a third unsuccessful attempt to swim from Havana to the Florida Keys. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Mike Marrero)
In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad shows Portuguese Man o? War jellyfish stings after she arrived in Key West, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, following a third unsuccessful attempt to swim from Havana to the Florida Keys. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Mike Marrero)
Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad gestures as she talks to friends and reporters at her arrival at Key West, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Nyad spent more than 40 hours in the shark-filled waters between Cuba and the Florida Keys, climbing into a boat only to be treated for searing welts left by Portuguese man o' war stings. Left swollen and red, Nyad had no choice but to end her trek early when medics warned another sting could be deadly. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad gestures as she talks to friends and reporters at her arrival at Key West, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Nyad spent more than 40 hours in the shark-filled waters between Cuba and the Florida Keys, climbing into a boat only to be treated for searing welts left by Portuguese man o' war stings. Left swollen and red, Nyad had no choice but to end her trek early when medics warned another sting could be deadly. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad shows the welts on her arm at Key West, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Nyad spent more than 40 hours in the shark-filled waters between Cuba and the Florida Keys, climbing into a boat only to be treated for searing welts left by Portuguese man o' war stings. Left swollen and red, Nyad had no choice but to end her trek early when medics warned another sting could be deadly. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad pauses as she talks to friends and reporters at her arrival at Key West, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Nyad spent more than 40 hours in the shark-filled waters between Cuba and the Florida Keys, climbing into a boat only to be treated for searing welts left by Portuguese man o' war stings. Left swollen and red, Nyad had no choice but to end her trek early when medics warned another sting could be deadly. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) ? Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad says she didn't anticipate how seriously Portuguese man o'war and jellyfish could derail her dream to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys.
Nyad stopped her swim Sunday morning after 40 hours in the water and two serious man o'war stings. In Key West on Monday, Nyad said she had felt ready to finish the crossing she had failed twice before. But for now, she says she does not plan to try it again.
The 62-year-old says her team had prepared to encounter man o'war in the Florida Straits. But she says she naively dismissed the jellyfish-like creatures as a serious threat. She took off her shirt to show red welts still visible from the stings on her tanned skin.
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