Category: Safety
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Officials Identify Body Found In Great Egg Harbor Inlet
Officials say the body is swimmer Jabed Ikbal.
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Body Of Man Who Drowned Trying To Rescue Swimmer Found In Lake Minnetonka
Authorities say that they’ve recovered the body of a man who was reportedly trying to help a struggling swimmer at Lake Minnetonka. Katie Johnston reports.
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Man drowns helping get 2 children to shore in Milwaukee
Milwaukee County sheriff’s authorities say a 19-year-old man has drowned while trying to help get two family members to shore at McKinley Beach in Milwaukee.
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My 3-year-old drowned. What I want parents to know about puddle jumpers
Christi Brown believes the floatation device played a role in her three-year-old son’s drowning accident.
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Swimmers Rescued From Inflatable Swan
The FDNY had to rescue two people after they fell off an inflatable swan in the East River.
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12-year-old boy injured while climbing fence to get to Antioch swimming pool
A 12-year-old boy was airlifted to an East Bay hospital after he was impaled while climbing over a fence to get to a swimming pool. The Contra Costa County Fire Department, EMTs, and Antioch police rescued the boy at Deer Valley High School. Some pools in the county are still closed because of the See…
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Olympics: Human Rights Watch report documents abuse of child athletes in Japan
A Human Rights Watch report has found child athletes in Japan often suffer physical and verbal abuse and sometimes sexual abuse during training after documenting the experiences of over 800 athletes in 50 sports. The 67-page report released on Monday titled “I Was Hit So Many Times I Can’t Count†looks at Japan’s history of physical punishment in…
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