NBC Evening News for Tuesday, Aug 15, 1978
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(Studio) Unsuccessful attempts of Diana Nyad and Stella Taylor to swim seas off Florida reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Key West, Florida) Details given about Nyad's health problems that developed as result of swim and stings from Portuguese men-of-war. [Trainer Wendy LAWRENCE - discusses navigational problems.] Stella Taylor's unsuccessful attempt to swim from Bahamas to Florida reported Nyad's swim was from Cuba.
REPORTER: Fred Francis
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