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Diana Nyad to Swim 48 Hours for Sandy Relief

Just Keep Swimming

In a pool in the middle of Manhattan.

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Some people just can’t stop. Fresh off her record-breaking swim from Havana to Key West, Diana Nyad is ready for another endurance test: swimming for 48 hours straight. The “Swim for Relief” will raise money for Superstorm Sandy recovery and will take place in a specially-built pool in New York City’s Herald Square. She’s worried that most people outside the affected area have forgotten the storm and stopped relief efforts. “Well, thousands of people haven’t forgotten about it.”

Read it at CBS News