Category: Safety
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Win for Backyard Swim School Instructor After Council Complaint | a Current Affair
Andrew runs a life-saving business from his backyard pool, but his neighbours didn’t like the noise, so council threatened to shut it down. (Broadcast 9 October, 2024)
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Less Children Learned to Swim During COVID-19 Pandemic | CBS Boston
Many kids missed out on swimming lessons during the pandemic, a new study has found. See CBS Boston
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Mike Lynch Died From Drowning After Bayesian Superyacht Sank, Finds Inquest | Sky News
Tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s cause of death has been recorded as drowning following the Bayesian superyacht disaster, an inquest has heard. The 59-year-old billionaire, who founded software giant Autonomy in 1996, was one of seven people who died after the yacht sank off the coast of Sicily in August. Read Sky News
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Police Officer Rescues Autistic Child From Pool | WPLG Local 10
A police officer made an incredible rescue, pulling a family’s lost child from their neighbor’s pool.
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Mother Enters Plea in Son’s Bathtub Drowning | WOOD TV8
A Sparta Township mother has entered a no-contest plea in the bathtub drowning death of her 8-month-old son last fall. (Oct. 1, 2024)
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Swimmers in Del Mar Receive National Honor for Saving Man in Shark Attack | ABC 10 News
On June 2, Kevin Barrett and Cameron Whiting made the brave decision to swim toward a shark to save fellow swimmer Caleb Adams, who had been bitten in the chest. See ABC 10 News
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3rd Swimmer From Oceanfront Drowning Incident Has Died | 13News Now
Santos Olcot Ajbal, 24, has succumbed to his injuries sustained after being swept out to sea last week with two others. Both Sergio Olcot Ajbal, 22, and Sergio Xinco, 22, of Chesapeake have been recovered.
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VBPD: Recovery Efforts for Two Missing Swimmers Halted Due to Rough Seas | WAVY TV 10
VBPD: Recovery efforts for two missing swimmers halted due to rough seas.
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Multiple Units Search for Missing 15-Year-Old Swimmer in Jacksonville Beach | First Coast News
The missing 15-year-old boy was last seen swimming in the ocean Saturday, police said.