Diana Nyad swims 110 miles from Cuba to Florida on Labor Day in what was her fifth attempt. From Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida, becoming the first person to do this without the help of a shark cage.

In Diana Nyad's last attempt, it was cut short thanks to boat trouble, storms, unfavorable currents and jellyfish stings that left her face puffy and swollen. This time she was able to do it with sunburn, but her life intact after she swam 110 miles from Cuba to Florida.

Thousands gathered off the shore of Key West, Florida to witness history and cheer on Diana Nyad. She swam 110 miles and that final stretch from Cuba saw people who didn't even know her, propel her to the finish line, which was the shore.

"I am about to swim my last 2 miles in the ocean," Nyad told her 35-member team from the water, according to her website. "This is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very very glad to be with you."

Nyad was able to utter those words on what was the final two miles of 110 that she swam, making history. No shark bites, no jelly stings that kept her from achieving her goal. The author, journalist and distance swimmer wrote three books and now might have the ending of a fourth one with what she accomplished Monday.

Nyad's journey began Saturday morning when she jumped from the seawall of the Hemingway Marina into the warm waters off Havana. She stopped from time to time for nourishment, according to USA Today.

"I admit there's an ego rush," Nyad said before the swim began. "If I - three days from now, four days from now - am still somehow bringing the arms up and I see the shore ... I am going to have a feeling that no one yet on this planet has ever had."