100 miles of open ocean stretch between cuba and florida. >> keep it up, diana. >> water that's surging can currents, teaming with sharks and deadly jelly fish. it's a route that's so difficult, no swimmer has ever crossed without flippers or a shark cage. >> i'm barely alive right now. i'm just barely alive.

>> okay. >> the swim starts here. she's going to jump in. >> now, inside an extraordinary journey. >> it seems almost like a dream to me, but it's real. >> from the first strokes to the dramatic finish. five attempts, four failures, one extreme dream. monday, september 2nd, 2013. diana nyad is swimming through her second full night. >> i'll admit to you, my confidence is cracking, because i don't know if i can do two more 13-hour stints. my stomach, i couldn't find anything to eat. from eggs to chocolate, to goo. the second it would go in -- >> you were throwing up in the water? >> just constantly violently vomiting. and trying again, but going

slower. >> her best friend, bonnie stoal, has news. she says, you'll never have the to put that mask on after tonight. we're not going into a third night. >> not going into a third night, because bonnie hopes diana will have reached the shore before then. but she isn't there yet. the hardest miles are the last one. >> the body and the mind go together. and as soon as the body starts to deteriorate, the mind goes down with it. >> within hours, a fleet of boats approaches shore, as a crowd gathers. >> go, diana! >> keep her energy up. keep obstacles at bay. diana knows, like no one else, that one bad moment at any time is enough to end the swim. a swim that has been her main focus for four years. it all started in 2009.

and diana was headed toward a birthday, a big birthday. >> i was driving in my car, telling myself, you'd better get with these life lessons. you can't go back. you better just seize the day. go forward and 60 isn't old. and i was looking at the cars in the rearview mirror, and i caught a sight of my eyes for a second, and i thought, but wait a second. maybe i could go back. maybe that would be the event that would make me feel strong and powerful again. that would define me again. >> what once defined diana was marathon swimming. in the 1970s, she won races and set records worldwide. >> i'm interested in the most outrageously difficult goals that i can think of. they're so difficult. but i get wiser and wiser all the time. >> strong, brash, confident. a media darling. in august, 1978, at age 28,

diana set out to do the most outrageously difficult swim she could imagine. cuba to florida. over 100 miles in vicious currents. 200,000 strokes, 60 hours. she had a shark cage built, headed to cuba, and launched from a beach surrounded by press, despite grave concerns. >> and i remember, i got down to the shore with my six handlers, and i have a picture of the six of us looking bewildered. we're looking out at a raging sea of white caps. >> her navigator promised calmer seas just offshore, but instead, diana battled eight-foot swells for almost 42 hours. hopelessly off-course and ravaged by jelly fish bites, her handlers eventually pulled diana from the water. >> i didn't stop kicking for 42 hours. it was really rough. you can ask anybody. >> diana's dream was dashed and her heart was broken.

>> i have never had summoned so much willpower. i've never wanted anything so badly. and i've never tried so hard. >> the following year, diana set the record for the longest unassisted ocean swim in history, going from the bahamas to florida. and then she quit swimming. >> the day i turned 30 was the day i swam up on to that florida shore from the bahamas and i thought to myself, i will never swim another stroke of my life. >> and for more than 30 years, she didn't. summer, 2009. as diana nears her 60th birthday, she realizes, there's one dream that never left her. so she changes her mind and quietly returns to the pool. >> i just started going forward to a really tiny country club pool, swimming for 25, 30 minutes. and not bad, just kind of

feeling if the stroke was there, seeing if the shoulders and the elbows and the triceps were going to take the pressure. and i knew that the body was going to have to slowly come to it. so for these first couple of months, i was just adding like ten minutes a day. >> then early in 2010, everything clicks into place. >> and i did a 6 1/2-hour swim. cold. i don't like the cold. i don't do well in the cold, but it was cold. i came out just shivering like this, but that's the day i knew, i said to myself, i've got it. i have in my spirit, i have it in my body. this summer, i'm swimming from cuba to florida. >> cuba, home of salsa and cigars. castro and communism. just 100 miles south of the florida keys. for diana, it's a place both complex and captivating. >> this is a magical place. you know, i grew up in southern florida. i had many cuban friends. it's not just anywhere, it's

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over 100 miles of open ocean stretch between cuba and florida. so far, it would take a swimmer 2 1/2 days to cross. if you think that sounds too crazy to even consider, than you've never met diana nyad. >> i feel very centered about

it. it's going to be difficult. it could be close to impossible. it's going to be a lot, a lot of long hours. >> it's a big dream that won't come easily. succeeding will take diana's very best and it all starts with perfect technique. >> even the best of swimmers have seen me swim and said, that's a beautiful freestyle, very efficient, high elbows. probably every 14-year-old in this country can swim as fast as i can, frankly, at good level of competitive swimming. but who's got the mind, then? >> the mind and the will to do something superhuman. just look at that ocean. and imagine swimming it for so far and so long. it would be a challenge for anyone, even a 20-year-old. diana is three times that age. she's going to have to train harder, she's going to have to train better to even have a chance. >> when diana enters the water, she's entering a very hostile

environment. >> dr. ken kamler is a surgeon who specializes in extreme medicine and he knows exactly what diana's body will go through. >> she won't be able to keep up with the energy and heat loss which she's experiencing. >> it's just impossible to do that? >> it's impossible to do that. the water is going to drain her so she's going to be running at a deficit. and as time goes on, the deficit will increase and she'll just be providing energy for those organs that are central for her survival. she's swimming alone, but she's actually in a race. she has to swim to florida before her body deteriorates to the point where she can no longer swim at all. >> to prepare, she pushes herself farther and longer. and by july 2010, dianaed is ready for her first true test. a 24-hour training swim. her longest swim in 30 years. if she fails, it means the end of her extreme dream. >> let's call it 8:19. that's when we're going to start

the swim. >> the next morning, she plunges into the ocean. with diana in the water, bonnie stoal assumes command. >> don't worry about it. this isn't the time for that. don't worry about it at all. >> one hour. >> best friend -- >> drill sergeant. >> on your first stroke, here you go. >> chief handler. >> bonnie is a rock. she is a professional athlete herself. she's a take charge, no-nonsense, say it in a few words. she knows me as an athlete. >> bonnie will lead an army of handlers that will follow dianas every stroke to nourish, encourage -- >> fabulous! >> and protect her. one of their biggest concerns, sharks. >> these are great waters for sharks. >> luke tippel is the team's lead shark diver. he knows just how dangerous these waters can be. >> catching this chum box hanging a tough back of the boat. >> these waters, we'll be looking for oceanic white tips, this animal has evolved to

dominate the ocean. they have a sixth sense. they can feel the electricity in the water. they know that we're there. >> and that's why in 1978, diana swam in a shark cage. today, she just uses this. >> sharks are tremendously sensitive to. this is actually in the kayak -- >> it's called a shark shield. and off the coast of the bahamas, tippel shows us how it works. it's a shark-feeding frenzy at this block of chum, until tippel approaches and turns on the shark shield that hang right above it. now the device emits a strong but harmless signal that overwhelms a shark's senses and forces them to the ocean floor. >> okay, green light means it's working. >> to keep diana safe, shark shields are mounted below these

kayaks. their electrical signals surround diana, keeping dangerous predators at bay. we are now thousands of strokes into her 24-hour swim. diana looks strong, but there's a problem. she's swimming in circles. >> you veer off a little and veer off a little more and veer off a little more and you end up in jamaica. so after a while, i can't every stroke look at that boat for hours and stay closer, stay here, stay here -- so i drift. and every time i swim 30, 40, 50 yards off that way back, we'll add on in the end miles and miles. >> and that could mean the difference between success and failure. fortunately, today's swim was about time rather than distance. >> beautiful! >> we made it! >> and at 8:19 the next morning, she emerges from the water. >> there you go! there you go! >> exhausted. >> i was racked.

i mean, i was dehydrated and depleted much, much more than i knew i was when i was in there. >> watch her head, watch her head. >> and yet she feels confident. >> i really pushed. i was like cranking it. there was just never a doubt, there was never a moment of doubt. i feel very strong. i must say. >> strong, but it's only been 24 hours. does she have what it takes to survive a swim more than twice as long? my asthma's under control. i get out a lot... except when it's too cold. like the last three weekends. asthma doesn't affect my job... you missed the meeting again last week! it doesn't affect my family. your coughing woke me up again. i wish you'd take me to the park. i don't use my rescue inhaler a lot... depends on what you mean by a lot. coping with asthma isn't controlling it. test your level of control at asthma.com,

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august 2010, diana nyad is rearing to go and ready to turn her dream into a reality. she arrives in key west. >> so here we go. the weather seems right. the time has come. tomorrow diana plans to leave key west for cuba and start her swim. >> now, hundreds of things must go exactly as planned. even one snafu could sink the swim. >> how's it going, bonnie? >> best friend bonnie stoal, she's dealing with the first problem. >> the big greenback didn't make it, right? >> all the bathing suits and gear, i thought i should carry those all in my carry-on luggage. >> a great big green duffel bag.

>> turns out even elite athletes sometimes lose their luggage. >> thank you. thank. >> good luck to you. >> good luck finding your bag! >> that's probably going to be harder swimming from cuba to florida. >> exactly! >> now everything in key west kicks into high gear. the team flies in, the boats are prepped. >> a-okay. >> and then just hours later, the forecast turns. and the weather window vanishes. >> that put everything to a halt. it was a setback for many. it was a chance to improve things for others on the crew, but diana got to have her very first meltdown. which she needed to have. >> i just bawled like a baby. for me, it's like, will this ever happen? >> so diana decides to turn that disappointment to her advantage. she takes a team out that night for a training swim. her goal, to work out a few kings. >> all right, we're ready! 7:40, in the water, okay?

>> like her difficulty swimming in a straight line. to succeed, she must follow the boat's course exactly. it's something she often struggles to do. >> i've got these fogged over goggles and i'm just able to catch a little bit of a -- not a full focus, just a semi-focus, 60 times a minute, so i'm out there in, you know, never-never land in my mind. >> to help, david merchant and kayaker stewart nags have rigged this contraption. take a look. it's an arm that extends from the boat and trails red fabric and fiber optic lights beneath the water. this streamer should provide diana a path to follow in the water, like a lane line in the pool, even when she's swimming in the pitch dark. >> we're wondering if she sees the fiber optic they set up underwater, because we're seeing it now for the first time, because it's getting dark. she is not usually this distance from the boats. i don't mean far, i mean perfect.

she's definitely seeing something. this is exactly where we want her. >> it's a big success and the team feels great again, but not for long. summer 2010 drags on, days pass, and then weeks, waiting for good weather that never comes. but diana refuses to give up on her goal to swim this summer. so for now, it's laps in a local lagoon instead of ocean swims. avoiding a snorkeler instead of sharks. there's a lone share instead of handlers. diana's dream is slipping away. >> agonizing. it's not just been frustrating, it's been absolutely agonizing. i wake up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night at 3:00, 4:00 in the morning, worried i won't even get my chance.

but all the laps in the world can't change the weather. >> it's rough out there. it's blowing 15 knots of wind with 6-foot seas o o s out ther. >> by october, conditions have bottomed out. >> last weekend the water temperature dropped almost 6 degrees over the weekend. and that's -- once it gets below 80 degrees, she can't do it. >> i feel like i've let down, but -- >> after training a year, handling countless logistics, and spending a huge chunk of her savings, diana manges a gut-wrenching decision. >> i've just been under tremendous stress. i sat down and i wrote this e-mail a couple of days ago. the day has come. the seas here have dropped to 77 degrees, far below my threshold for such a long time in the water.

this was my year. i believe i got in better shape, both body and mind, than even in my 20s. it has been draining, whipping of the spirit to feel it all slipping away from me. >> it's over for this year. and that's okay. the swim will get done. >> i don't think i can do it without your inspiration. >> she's allowed to be disheartened. oh, my god, i have to do it again! and then that will come to, i can't wait to do it again. >> los angeles, six months later. >> i'm now full tilt, you know, in it again. >> you see, for diana, quitting wasn't an option. and yet these long months of train having taken a toll on 61-year-old body. >> this shoulder has a tear in the bicep's tendon, which is right in the front here. i went to an orthopedist. he said it's a considerable tear. you'll never do it.

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diana nyad has worked, waited, and worried, anxious to attempt her history-making swim. finally, on august 5th, 2011, diana gets an urgent call from meteorologist dane clark. the weather is here. this is it. diana's 40-person crew hops flights across the country. diana lands in cuba, again. team nyad converges at havana's

hemingway marina. here we have, after all the false starts, all the disappointments, all the training, all the logistics, two years of waiting, diana nyad is about to take her shot. the swim starts here. she's going to jump in, and for 60 hours, push her mind, push her body to the human limit. >> so it's good? come on. >> at sunset, august 7th, diana makes her way to the water. and then it's showtime. >> 7:46 p.m., she entered the water. >> diana starts swimming, leaving cuba behind. she expects to have 60 grueling hours of swimming ahead. sunrise, august 8th, diana nyad has been swimming for nearly 12

hours. >> we're holding our own now. so we're happy. >> david merchant is charting the best course he can, but conditions are not what he'd hoped. >> well, it's flat calm for a sailor, but for a swimmer, it's rough. we could have done with a longer flat or calm patch, which we didn't get. we're hoping the wind's going to go down. >> it was really beautiful when we started and then it got choppy pretty quickly. >> bonnie stoal's eyes never leave her best friend. >> i feel bad for her. it's tough out there. but i feel good that she's powering on. >> powering on requires near-superhuman efforts. now diana's body is in survival mode, diverting blood to essential organs, the heart, the lungs, the brain, and to the muscles propelling her through the water with every stroke. she's likely burning 700 calories an hour now. >> her stroke has not changed at all. she was getting 52 1/2 strikes a

minute. she's now getting 54, so she's swimming a stroke and a half faster. >> though her stroke looks smooth -- >> blowing the whistle! >> there is a critical problem. >> i never thought i would have to deal with something like this. it's excruciating. >> excruciating pain in diana's good shoulder. >> it's her right shoulder. her left shoulder is the bad one. >> diana calls this pain a 10 out of 10. so bonnie throws everything at it she can. ice. >> put this ice on the shoulder. >> medication. >> anybody can do it healthy, right? >> that's what i say! >> encouragement. >> your stroke is beautiful. this is going to be painful, there's no doubt about it. we're all going to help make it better. david is also having problems. >> the current's really stronger

now. they're pushing us that way. we're still along the line, but trouble. this swim do to the currents, just take the weather and go with it and hope the currents will be favorable. >> the waves are up and the water is surging in the wrong direction. >> it's amazing, we're not even going sideways, we're going backwards. >> i'm going to let it go a little bit. >> despite it all, the rest of the operation is running smoothly. this red whistle signals diana for fluids and feedings. >> one boat accompanies diana. others nearby carry crew. >> tossing a line. >> tenders run between boats each hour, switching captains and handlers. on the roof, the shark team scans for predators. as the kayaks paddle beside diana carrying the shark shields. the one constant, diana. stroke after stroke, minute

after minute. by afternoon, bonnie is battle worn and her team nyad shirt shows it. >> this is espresso goo gel, this is peanut butter that was on bread that she didn't want, so i had to wipe my hands clean. it's a day in the camp of nyad, i guess. >> a very long day in the camp of nyad. >> we go out of cuba and it is beautiful. it is flat, it is calm, and in about an hour and a half, it's getting choppy. and we weren't expecting it. >> still, bonnie remains hopeful. >> look at her! that shoulder is hurting so badly. her pace has not changed and her stroke has not changed. she is fighting through every second. every second. >> almost two days of tough swimming still lie ahead. and for diana nyad, the worst is yet to come. >> bonnie. bonnie.

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swimming from cuba to florida, of gliding across the surface in flat, calm seas. now 14 hours into her swim, very little is going as planned. the water is choppy, the current, surging. and a terrible pain in diana's shoulder is taking its toll. >> i think it's going to come out of its socket. >> but still she pushes through, driving her body forward. it's not easy. simply keeping her body fueled is a delicate balancing act. even getting her something to drink can be a challenge. handler john hennessey -- >> a special mix. we're looking for 20 ounces and she's been doing about 24, which is really good. >> he rigs a line to drop the pouch of fluid into the water. >> i'm blowing the whistle. you'll see it trailing by the strip there and she'll pick it up and drink out of it. >> now rehydrated, diana takes

just five more strokes. and then, crisis. >> bonnie! bonnie! >> you see, diana is getting enough fluids, but now she's not getting enough oxygen. so team nyad snaps into action. >> you are okay. we're going to walk you through this. come closer to the boat, talk to me. that's it. just like that. just like that. >> bonnie frantically waves for diana's doctor, michael broder. >> don't talk, don't talk. i'm going to talk to you. don't waste any breath. you're probably have a little asthmatic attack. dr. michael only. dr. michael only. you're cool. okay, diana? no worries, he's right here. >> michael jumps on to the escort boat. >> been having trouble catching my breath the last two hours. but now it's turned to wheezing

and my throat's closed up a little bit. >> it sounds like asthma, but diana has never had an asthma attack. now on top of the pain in her shoulder, she also can't breathe. >> i just lost all the blood to my muscles the last -- >> let's look at that. you don't need to move anywhere. >> do you want me to try to give you a puff from here? >> the inhaler seems to help. >> listen, is it taking effect? >> i think so. don't leave until it has taken effect and slow it down for a mile. slow it down. >> i feel a little dizzy. >> okay. here we go. >> and everyone breathes a sigh of relief. for now. the star athlete is limping along, but the rest of the operation is going well. shark diver luke tippel hasn't seen any sharks lurking below. >> just doing a perimeter check, but it's being cautious. >> and the captains seem happy with the course.

but all eyes remain on diana it's now midday. >> i can't even swim! >> 18 hours into the swim. >> my muscles are going without oxygen and i'm in distress while i'm going. >> it's become clear that diana's condition is not improving. dr. broder has to do something drastic. he grabs his stethoscope -- zblooib >> michael's coming out. >> -- and plunges into the water. first he tries the inhaler again and then he returns to the boat and rigs this oxygen tank. he jumps back into the water, desperate to get diana some air. >> i'm hyperventilating all the time. >> here we go, here we go. that's good. >> midnight, hour 28. diana has been swimming with bad asthma for nearly 12 hours and

she is battling through every stroke in the pitch dark. any bright light, even from our camera, could attract sharks, so you see a small, red beacon on her cap, bobbing up and down. it's the only way her handlers can see her. and now the shoulder pain is so great that in desperation, diana switches to breaststroke. bonnie urges her on. >> here we go! here we go! keep it up, diana! >> and then, diana stops. exhausted and feeling helpless. >> are we actually going forward at all doing the breaststroke? >> absolutely. >> because you know i'm in trouble and i'm just trying everything i can. >> team nyad is now gravely concerned. but they still cling to open. >> still, it's going to be a tough fight. we're getting there. we need to get a second window.

>> she manages a few freestyle strokes and then stops again. >> talk to me. let's take some liquid. >> i'm just barely alive right now. i'm just barely aleive. >> okay, talk to me. whatever you want to do, i am with you. if you walk away from this proud no matter what. no matter what. >> diana approaches the boat and calls out to navigator david merchant. >> ais there all night and all day again and another night? >> yep. >> i don't want to quit, but i can barely make an hour right now. i'm just dead. i'm dead. i just have to get real, because i have a tremendous will, but i'm in very bad shape with this. i just can't. >> i love you. i love you. it's okay. grab hold of her shoulder, okay? >> after more than a full night and a day, bonnie and dr. michael broder together pull

diana from the water. the swim is done. >> i can't -- >> okay, okay, okay. it's done and you did it. you did it. you did it, you did it, you did it. okay? >> i'm so sorry. >> you did what you did -- >> no, no, diana, nobody's disappointed. nobody. nobody. >> not on this day. it's too rough. i'm too cold. i'm sick. >> okay, sh, sh, sh. okay. there you go. stay there. can we have a towel? >> diana is shivering, as dr. broder takes her vitals. he's worried about hypothermia. >> i know i could do it under the right conditions, but -- >> no, no, no, no. this wasn't it. this just wasn't it. that's right. >> breathe. >> you've left nothing behind. that's all you can do. >> this was a success, okay? this was a success in every way. did you get to the other shore? no. but you sure did inspire everybody that knows you. >> i can't do it. >> okay. >> for diana, this is the

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for 35 years, diana nyad has dreamed of swimming from cuba to

florida. two years, and two failed attempts have passed since asthma and injury forced her from the water in the middle of the night. >> i can't make it. >> okay. >> now, it is september, 2013. havana, cuba. diana said she's making her final attempt, succeed or fail. >> there's a fine line between having the grace to see that things are bigger than you are and to let your ego go. and there's another edge over that fine line where you don't want to ever, ever give up. and i'm still at that place. >> diana plunges into the water begun.

and this time there are no injuries. no creatures. no weather. this time just miles passing and momentum growing. by hour 36, diana has gone further than anyone before her. >> diana nyad, the fifth time could be a charm after trying for 35 years. >> by midafternoon on monday, september 2nd, she can see key west. and the crowds can see her coming. a crush of fans. a few last steps. and triumph. >> she has done it. 64-year-old diana nyad has officially made shore, swimming all the way from cuba to key

west. >> the extreme dream achieved. just hours later, she spoke to me for her first full interview since reaching shore. >> i won't get up, because i can't. >> how are you? >> you know, you know what's so great about it, sanjay, is that it's all authentic. just, it's a great story. you ever dream 35 years ago, doesn't come to fruition, but you move on with life. then you turn 60 and your mom just dies and you want to -- you're looking for something, and the dream comes waking again in your imagination. no one's ever done it. it's -- i'm not sure when the next person will do it.

that's how hard it is to get everything right. and when i say everything right, with all the experience i have, especially in this ocean, i never knew i would suffer the way i did. start was like glass. 40 minutes later for hours, the wind just blew like heck and it was rough. >> are you hurting right now? >> i was hurting then. >> i mean, i know your face is swollen and -- >> that's okay. that's temporary. you know, but 13 hours, partly because of the daylight being less these days, to avoid the fatal attacks from the jellyfish. they're close to 80% fatal no matter what the sting is, how small, what part of the body, and its sting is immediate. it takes your heart, your lungs and your spinal cord of any animal it stings and arrests it

immediately. so i had a prosthetics mask made, you know? it's brilliant for the jellyfish. boss jellyfish will not penetrate it. because i wasn't stung, and they were there. but i could open my mouth only a certain way, then you have silicone on your face, you're not feeling the waves. you can't sense it with this thing, so you're inhaling fwul. s and sips of saltwater. so i was just, i was whipped. when i got that mask off in the morning, i thought to myself, two more nights with that thing, i don't know. where will i find a way for that? what lifted my spirits was bonnie told me we were not going into a third night. meaning we're finishing in day. if i can just make it through sunday night. >> there is nothing that will stop you. you will go. go, go, go. >> the wind is bad, but the gulf

stream is streaming to the due north. it's a ride. you never get that kind of luck. >> what about sharks? >> we had a great shark team. great guys. brave. experienced. they're just going to, in the black of night, they're just in there. they're looking for eyes. and if the eyes are very far apart, it's a large animal. i thank them. control. i see them all night in with me. >> somebody get on the other side. >> at those times when it was really tough, when the wind was blowing hard, the squalls and stuff like that, what do you think about? i mean, you're such an inspiring person. what or who inspires you? >> you know, sanjay, i'm just like every other human being. even the bravest soldier has doubts, has fears. and i'm no different. but i decided before i went into

this, no matter what happened, i don't want that experience again. i didn't want to be here packing up again and deciding if it's worth trying again. do i have anything new to bring to the party? my whole mantra this year was find a way. you don't like it, it's not going bewell, find way. >> find a way. i like that. >> it was really rough that first day, saturday, after the start and i just said, forget about the surface up. get your hands in some hour, and with your left hand say, push cuba back. >> you've got this. you've got this. you've got this. you've got this. you've got this.

>> come on, diana. >> you'd just gone through something that nobody's ever done before. it's just, i mean, has that set in? >> yeah, because i've been trying for so long, and because today i had 15 hours. you could see last night the lights of key west, and our navigator said it's probably going to be about 15 hours of swimming. but i just believed in it. i believed i could make it. i got three messages. one is, we should never, ever give up. two is, you never are intoo oldo

chase your dreams. >> that's right. >> amen, sister. >> three is, it looks like a solitary sport, but it's a team. are you sure that your husband got shot? >> yes. he was hit in the head. >> a brutal killing on glistening lake. >> saw your husband get shot and thrown from the jet ski? >> yeah. >> were they caught in a cross fire? but the war over there, two cartels fight each other for control. >> drug deal gone bad?