Drowning for Fufillment

You may well have heard of the woman who swam from Cuba to Florida without a protective shark cage. Her face was puckered by the sun and the salt and the specialized jellyfish mask she wore. Afterward, she was sore and tired, a wreck of accomplishment, helped smiling to and fro. She had tried the 110-mile swim four times before, but had been yanked from the water for delusion or fatigue or shark attack.

Yet now she has done it! And at 64 years-old, it was none too soon, either. Her life’s goal...