Category: Safety
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Holiday safety | NSRI urges holidaymakers to only swim at designated areas
The National Sea Rescue Institute has urged holidaymakers across the country to only swim at designated areas this festive season.
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Former Ohio State swimmer and navy officer haunted by sexual abuse that derailed Olympic dreams
Derek de Jong says he was attacked four times by his swim team’s doctor while attending Ohio State University. The Canadian navy officer says those memories haunted him and years later triggered him to go AWOL.
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Recruits Attempt Military Swim Test | British Army | Pirbright
Just giving some insight on what goes on behind the scenes in Pirbright. Hope this helps to calm the nerves.
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Singer/Songwriter Kirsty MacColl was killed 19 years ago this week
On December 18, 2000, a 41-year-old MacColl was holidaying in Cozumel, Mexico with her partner and two sons. She and her children, along with an instructor went scuba diving at the Chankanaab reef, part of a national marine park which was a specifically designated diving area, where unauthorised boats weren’t allowed to enter. As the…
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Trainee Lifeguard Burkey’s First Brush With Tragedy at Bondi
Trainee Josh “Burkey” Burke experiences his first resuscitation and tragedy as a Bondi lifeguard.
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Authorities to investigate water polo coach who allegedly slept with five male students
A water polo coach and Sports Illustrated model who slept with “at least†five students at a prestigious boys’ college has been referred to police. An investigation found married teacher and former model Fiona Viotti slept with her students and sent them explicit photos and videos, which were circulated on social media and even made…
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$5 swim lessons — all in an effort to reduce drownings
In an expansion of a national multi-year campaign to reduce drownings and increase access to water safety skills, the Milwaukee Recreation Aquatics program through Milwaukee Public Schools has joined the American Red Cross Aquatics Centennial Campaign. The program promotes water safety in communities where there are high numbers of drownings or drowning rates higher than…