AMERICAN endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has begun her attempt to become the first person to swim the shark-filled Florida Straits without the aid of a safety cage.

TOM Brady and Randy Moss set records and the New England Patriots put themselves among the greatest sport legends in American history on Saturday by completing an undefeated season.

Neighbours jolted from their beds as the Airbus crashed near their homes today ran outside with fire extinguishers and garden hoses, trying to fight fires left by debris from the crash.