Year: 2018

Working as a lifeguard is a traditional summer job for many teens. But the job pool is changing, thanks to some older applicants. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has the story.

Popular swimming spots are coming up with creative solutions to combat a regional shortage of lifeguards. “It’s a good little beach to go to,” Ronald McClendon, who went to Lake Ontario beach to spend time with his kids, said. “The people are good, they’ve got playgrounds around her, picnic areas, and houses, it’s nice.” That’s…

Deputies say a 17-year-old drowned while trying to swim across a river in West Virginia.

Rescuers said it may take up to four days for the entire team to reach safety, depending on conditions inside the cave Elite divers have rescued the first two of 12 young soccer players and their coach who have been trapped in a flooded cave complex in northern Thailand for more than two weeks, according…

Jonathan, Todd and Zach explain some of the technical issues regarding the soccer team stranded in a cave in Thailand, and answer some viewer questions about the situation. https://youtu.be/CIRC68Cv6eM

The “exact moment” that rescue personnel have been waiting for has arrived, as they begin their mission to extract the 12 Thai schoolboys and their football coach from the Tham Luang cave.

In the United States, “drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death in children aged 1–14 years,” according to the World Health Organization. Being a child, male or a member of a minority group and lack of swimming ability are the major factors in drowning deaths. Whereas we strive to instruct our children…