Sunk just off Key West , an island in the Straitsof Florida, in 2009, the Vandenberg is the second-largest artificial reef in the world, attracting a diverse range of marine animals and plant life.
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Nyad's first attempt to cross the Straitsof Florida was in 1978, when rocky seas left her battered, delirious and less than halfway toward her goal.
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Congress passed the measure after the Cuban military shot down two U.S. civilian planes over the Straitsof Florida on February 24, killing four members of the Cuban-American exile group, Brothers to the Rescue.