Category: Safety
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A New Campaign Called “Learn To Swim” Is Being Lead By Missy Franklin & Other Swimmers
The campaign is pushing to get pools to stay open year-round so kids can learn to swim, which could reduce drowning deaths.
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Rowdy Gaines advocates for reopening of pools amid pandemic
Rowdy Gaines’s passion for swimming is evident. “The reason why I keep doing the broadcast and NBC hires me, is the fact that I really show my passion,” NBC Olympic Swimming analyst and USA Swimming Director of Community Engagement Rowdy Gaines says. “I was so frustrated… To be able to reach out to those policymakers…
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Man drowns, another hospitalized after emergency in Haulover Inlet
A man has died and another is recovering after they were pulled from the water near Haulover Park.
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Paralysed Man Saves Swimmer At Same Place He Injured Himself Years Earlier
A disabled man threw himself in the water from a pier to save the life of another man, while he was filming a documentary about how he became paralysed by throwing himself off the same pier. You couldn’t make it up. Nikita Vankov, who is a licensed paradiver, was up on the pier in the Russian town of Anapa when he spotted two…
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Swimmer rescued after hours-long search
A swimmer was rescued Saturday in Atlantic Beach after being reported missing at Jacksonville Beach. Ocean rescue says it’s possible they were caught in dangerous conditions out in the water.
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Man Drowns After Swimming Into Middle Of Riverside County’s Canyon Lake
Authorities have recovered the body of a man who drowned in Canyon Lake in Riverside County. Katie Johnston reports.
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Search for Lake Travis missing swimmer turns to recovery effort
The search for a missing swimmer on Lake Travis who went under and failed to resurface on Saturday evening has turned to recovery efforts. The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. at 16120 Wharf Cove, according to Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS). Lake Patrol and a fire boat were in the area with two swimmers in the water searching,…
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Teen dies after free diving off Stump Pass Beach
Charlotte County Fire and EMS got the call around 12:11 p.m. and said he was diving five miles west of Stump Pass Beach. The teen was out on a boat with other people. Once fire crews got on scene, two Charlotte County divers went in the water and found the teen 40 feet deep. He…
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Canada’s artistic swim team halts training, undergoing conduct review
Canada’s artistic swim team has stopped training following complaints from athletes. The Canadian team had just resumed preparations for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games when it was pulled from the pool Monday at Montreal’s Olympic Park Sport Centre. Canada Artistic Swimming chief executive officer Jackie Buckingham would not identify the exact nature of the complaints.…