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Clayton’s ‘Superman’ Ed Petner Swims for a Cure, Dreams of Walking Again | WRAL
We only get one life, but Ed Petner believes he’s been given two. The Clayton resident was paralyzed from just above the belly button down when he was forty-four years old. On the anniversary of his accident, he swam a half-marathon in hopes of raising money to find a cure.
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Friday Morning Swim Club Canceled for Rest of the Summer | CBS Chicago
Organizers made the announcement on Instagram saying, “We will not host any additional swims due to last Friday’s events…”
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Florida Residents Seen ‘Swimming Out of Their Windows’ to Escape Floodwater | MSNBC
A Florida couple described seeing residents “swimming out of their windows” to escape floodwater from Hurricane Idalia. Some residents have been rescued while others were able to evacuate on their own.
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Family of Late Swim Star Jamie Cail Reject Od Claims, Claiming She Was Beaten to Death | New York Post
The family of ex-swim champ Jamie Cail, who died of an alleged fentanyl overdose in the US Virgin Islands, claims she had been beaten — and that her death was not an accident. Local police have said the 42-year-old woman, who hailed from New Hampshire, allegedly died of “fentanyl intoxication with aspiration of gastric content,”…
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Filam Gian Santos to Represent PH at World Aquatics Junior Championships | TFC News California, USA | ABS-CBN News
FilAm swimming prodigy Gian Santos looks to bring home more medals to the Philippines when he represents the country at the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships.
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Boy, 10, Dies in a Manhole While Trying to Swim | Newzroom Afrika
A 10-year-old boy has died after falling into an open manhole at a construction site in Soweto. Anthea Nancefield Outfall Sewer’s Bongani Mdluli says the boy was in a group of children who were trying to swim on the site.
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YWCA Masters Swim Team Finds New Home I KMSP FOX 9
The Minneapolis Public Schools Community Education Department will take over the Masters Swim Team for the YWCA and provide spots for up to 50 members to swim five mornings a week at Southwest High School.