Category: Safety
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Diver Finds GoPro Containing Man’s Last Moments, Gives Family Closure
A treasure-hunting diver recently came upon a lost GoPro camera at the bottom of a waterfall. It turns out it was lost two years ago by a man who drowned there, and the SD card is now providing the victim’s family with closure. WSB-TV reports that YouTuber Rich Aloha was diving at Foster Falls in…
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Two men swim a mile to shore after their boat capsized on Big Kandiyohi Lake
Two men thrown into the water when their boat capsized during overnight storms managed to survive after swimming a mile to shore. The men, aged 51 and 48, were sleeping on the anchored boat on Big Kandiyohi Lake, south of Willmar, when turbulent weather rolled in during the early hours of Sunday morning. Read Bring…
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7 children, 2 adults injured after tree falls at Bucks County swim club
Nine people were injured after a tree came crashing down as a result of a lightning strike at a swim club in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on Sunday. It happened just before 5 p.m. at the Dolphin Swim Club located on the 200 block of West Bristol Road in Feasterville. Authorities said a tree crashed onto…
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Migrants Try to Swim to Italian Island after Being Stuck on Aid Boat, Denied Do
A group of migrants have tried to swim from their aid boat to the shore of the Italian island Lampedusa.
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Wellington lifeguards save 20-month-old seizure victim at pool
Four area lifeguards are being called heroes for their intuition and expertise during an emergency at Wellington Aquatics Complex that had nothing to do with the water. Twice a week you’ll see Christina Martinez supporting her two sons, both members of the dive team. â€It builds their confidence and it teaches them about competition,†said…
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‘Daddy went swimming’: Girl, 3, found alone on boat on Lake Granbury
A 32-year-old father who went missing Thursday at Granbury Lake has been found dead, officials said. Rescue crews recovered his body where he was last seen by his 3-year-old daughter in their boat. The girl was found sleeping alone inside the boat Friday morning, officials said. Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said the 32-year-old father…
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Missing swimmer hoax: Man wanted in two states after three-day South Coast search
The report of a missing swimmer on the South Coast, which sparked a three-day search costing almost $1 million, has turned out to be a hoax. Police were alerted to a report of a missing man at Gillards Beach near Tathra about 5.30pm Wednesday. The “missing” swimmer was reported by a 42-year-old Victorian man, who…
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A 7-foot crocodile was swimming in an Ohio creek as elementary school kids played in the water
It sounds like a scene from a monster movie. Children from a church group were playing in a creek in West Alexandria, Ohio, on Wednesday evening when one of their leaders spotted a 7-foot-long crocodile swimming nearby. There were 16 kids — all first- through sixth-graders — playing in Bantas Fork Creek, and adults were…
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Why So Many Black People Can’t Swim | AJ+
In the United States, 64% of Black children can’t swim. As a result, they are 3x more likely to drown than white children their same age. But how did this happen? We take a look at the social history of America’s pools and how racial segregation shaped the current climate in pools across the country.…