Since 1950, over 20 swimmers from Cuba, the United States and Australia have attempted to swim from Cuba to Florida. While Susie Maroney crossed the 165 km wide Florida Strait in 1997 in 24 hours with the aid of a shark cage and protective swim gear, Chloë McCardel announced that she will give it a shot in June 2013 without a shark cage. The 27-year-old