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And that i would still be able to participate in my next two events. more than anything, i thought it was opportunity to represent myself and this message that ive always had of breaking my own boundaries. no matter if i landed it, it was a testament to my character and that is something i wanted to show the world. were all out here together pushing the human limit when the other two athletes were going through their own emotions at the end, i really went over to them and i made it clear that i ...

Where after crossing into poland, refugees begin the real process -- finding a temporary life beyond war. they are waiting to go somewhere? >> yeah. estonia. >> estonia? >> yeah. they -- they getting to estonia. >> reporter: those with no destination yet wait. how long has this been going on? >> its less than a month. >> less than a month? >> reporter: that becomes more challenging as the war stretches on. thank you, warsaw, says this woman in ukrainian. one of the more than 2 million ukrainian ...

Understand that but theres a human limit what we can do. >> reporter: when you say youre at dcapacity, what do you mean? >> weve offered free education, free health care to our guests which means our schools are going to be filled within weeks, our hospitals are going to jam. >> reporter: warsaws mayor says no one will be turned away, but he needs help. to help the people of ukraine. the polish people accepted us well, she says. >> good people. >> reporter: he says the kind of help that he needs...

Alone. >> the polish people will welcome ukrainians, whatever happens, because they are fighting for our freedom and we do understand that. but of course, there is a certain limit, human limit, what we can -- what we can do. >> reporter: when you say you are at capacity, what do you mean? >> weve offered as a country free education, free healthcare to all of our guests which of course means that, you know, our schools are going to be filled within weeks, that our hospitals are going to jam. >> r...

Floors and out of bags can only go on for so long. poland allows ukrainians to work and collect government assistance but there is the red tape. standing in long lines with fellow war refugees to file the proper papers. and then there is child care and schooling. trying to raise kids with new language and cultural barriers. poland wants to help but nearly six weeks into this war, the signs of strain are getting harder to ignore. >> the polish people will welcome ukrainians whatever happens becau...

Proper papers. and then theres childcare and schooling. trying to raise kids with new language and cultural barriers. poland wants to help but nearly six weeks into this war, the signs of strain are getting harder to ignore. >> the polish people will welcome ukrainians, whatever happens. they are fighting for our freedom and we understand that. but of course there is a certain human limit. what we can do. >> reporter: when you say youre at capacity, what do you mean? >> the population of my city...

Theres child care and schooling, trying to rage kids with new language and cultural barriers. poland wants to help but nearly six weeks into war, the signs of strain are getting harder to ignore. >> the polish people will welcome ukrainians because they are fighting for freedom but there is a certain limit, human limit, what we can do. >> reporter: when you say youre at capacity, what do you mean? >> the population of my city has grown 20% in a month. of course it puts an enormous strain on the ...

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. shes going to jump in, and for 60 hours, push her mind, push her body to the human limit. >> so its good? come on. >> at sunset, august 7th, diana makes her way to the water. and then its showtime. >> 7:46 p.m., she entered the water. >> diana starts swimming, leaving cuba behind. she expects to...

Havanas hemingway marina. here we are, after all the training, logistics, two years of waiting, diana nyad is about to take her shot. diana is going to jump in and for 60 hours push her mind and her body to the human limit. ♪ at sunset august 7th, diana makes her way to the water. ♪ and then its showtime. [ cheers and applause ] >> 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...

Havanas hemingway marina. here we are, after all the training, logistics, two years of waiting, diana nyad is about to take her shot. diana is going to jump in and for 60 hours push her mind and her body to the human limit. ♪ at sunset august 7th, diana makes her way to the water. ♪ and then its showtime. [ cheers and applause ] >> 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.