In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, competitors in the Swim for Alligator Lighthouse are escorted by kayakers as they round Alligator Reef Lighthouse 4 miles off the Florida Keys Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, near Islamorada, Fla. The 8-mile roundtrip open-water swim attracted nearly 450 competitors who swam in various divisions. Alligator Reef Lighthouse is named after the USS Alligator, a U.S. Navy schooner that ran aground on the reef in 1822 and sank. The annual event is staged to create awareness of the need to preserve the almost 150-year-old beacon. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)