Category: Safety
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Brandon Teen Drowns At Reservoir | 16 WAPT News Jackson
Friends, family come together with vigil for 17-year-old Brandon student
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16-Year-Old Missing After Her Car Is Caught in Flash Flood | Inside Edition
The mother of Faith Moore thanked hundreds of friends, family, and neighbors who gathered at a vigil for her daughter. It was held at the softball field where the high schooler played. 16-year-old Faith went missing over the weekend when a flash flood near her Arizona town carried away her car. Hundreds of volunteers have…
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The Hawaiian Snorkeling Deaths Mystery
Over the years Hawaiians must have grown wearily accustomed to reading news reports of individual snorkeling deaths, but looked at collectively the figures were stark. Between 2009 and 2018 there had been 206 snorkeling deaths – 189 of them tourists. Compare that with the fatalities in that period of scuba-divers (28), freedivers (46), or swimmers…
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2-Year-Old Phoenix Boy Who Almost Drowned Now in Swim Lessons | AZFamily
Three months after his nearly drowning in his backyard pool, 2-year-old Justin Lopez is learning how to swim. His parents found him floating face down in the family’s backyard pool near 35th Ave. and Peoria in Phoenix back in April. Justin’s mom, Erica Alvarez started CPR before first responders arrived. The unconscious toddler was rushed…
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Child Killed on Her Way to Henrico Swimming Pool: ‘God Had Other Plans for Her’ | WTVR CBS 6
A candlelight vigil is planned Monday for a two-year-old girl hit and killed by a driver late Saturday afternoon along Engleside Circle in Henrico County.
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World Drowning Prevention Day | Survival Swimming for Kids | eNCA
Sunday marked the first observance of the United Nations’ World Drowning Prevention Day. And to commemorate this, the National Sea Rescue Institute is launching its Survival Swimming program. eNCA’s Tanya Nefdt finds out more. Courtesy #DStv403
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Safety Around Water: 0:30: Giovanni: “Everybody Can Learn How to Swim.†| YMCA
Giovanni shares what he has learned from his first swim lessons at the Y. 71% of the World is Water Children Are 100% Curious Teaching children how to be safe around water is not a luxury; it is a necessity. The YMCA’s Safety Around Water program can help you make sure they learn essential water…
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Saluting Rescue Swimmers Who Saved 9 in St. Petersburg on Memorial Day | FOX 13 Tampa Bay
Rescue swimmers Patrick Strong, Blake Sweeney, Jeshual Velez Cuevas and Coleman Vail saved lives on Memorial Day thanks to their heroic efforts.
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Police Warn Against Swimming in ‘Dangerous Water’ After Six Deaths | Sky News
Police warn about the dangers of swimming in open water after four people died from drowning in Scotland’s Loch Lomond.
