Category: Safety

One person drowned and two people were rescued after they rented a boat on Lake Lanier, officials said Sunday. The drowning was reported in the area of Sunrise Cove Marina around 6 p.m. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources said a group was trying to swim in Lake Lanier and couldn’t make it back to…

A 30-year-old sailor and former high school strength-and-conditioning coach died Tuesday, more than a week after he became unresponsive while training to save fellow service members. Airman Nathan Burke of Lubbock, Texas, died at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, Navy officials announced. He’d been attending Aviation Rescue Swimmer School and was training in a pool April 5…

Bystanders on Panama City Beach formed a human chain after swimmers became stuck in a rip current in the Gulf.

In 2019, 2-year-old Alijah Gonzalez drowned while vacationing with her parents in Florida. Alijah had recently been diagnosed with autism before the tragedy.

The two deaths and the moments of danger for many others brought the sheriff’s office to plead with those swimming to be aware of the currents and the warnings.

A member of the US coast guard spreading the word that, even though our weather has been warm, the water will be very cold for a while.