Category: Safety
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Missing swimmer’s body recovered from Appomattox River
Chesterfield Police have identified the man who was found in the Appomattox River Saturday morning.
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Warm weather ahead for this weekend – but there’s a warning for swimmers
This weekend will be warm and some people will probably want to go for a swim – but you need to know where you’re allowed to swim and where you’re not.
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Swim Skills at Home: Always Ask Before Going into Water
Portland branch aquatics coordinator Nicole teaches us an important skill for all young swimmers: always ask before going into water!
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‘This Is About Saving Lives’: Swim Schools Hope To Reopen Soon
As summer approaches, community pools remain closed under public health orders to combat the spread of coronavirus. Matt Lane is the CEO of Streamline Brands, an Englewood-based swim school company with nine locations in the Denver metro area and 250 locations nationwide. He understands why community pools are closed, but argues his business, offering swim lessons,…
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Death of five surfers in storm shocks Netherlands
At least five experienced surfers have drowned after going out in stormy weather off the coast of The Hague, Dutch authorities have said. The group of men, aged between 22 and 38, were among 10 surfers and swimmers who took to the water in Scheveningen on Monday evening in heavy weather that generated a thick…
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Mumford swimming teacher charged in 15-year-old student’s drowning
An autopsy report from the case showed there was a bruise on Blanding’s head, which caused the family’s lawyer to ask what really happened. “He was killed. That’s horrific. That should not have happened,†attorney Johnny Hawkins said. Since late February, Blanding’s family has been looking for answers on what happened in the untimely drowning of the student at…