Category: Safety
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Safety Around Water: Justin Lynch: “Anyone Can Learn How to Swim.”
Division 1 Swimmer Justin Lynch shares about the value of swimming for all kids: “It’s important for kids to learn how to swim. Not only is it fun, but it just gives them more opportunities.†71% of the World is Water Children Are 100% Curious Teaching children how to be safe around water is not…
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Olympic medalists give swim lessons to local kids
A few Olympic swimming medal winners held swim lessons for Portland youth today. https://kristv.com/news/local-news/20…
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21-year-old swimmer dies while at Spitting Cave on Oahu
A 21-year-old swimmer died while at Spitting Cave in Portlock on Oahu in Honolulu on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Honolulu Fire Department Captain Scot Seguirant provides the media with an update and a member of the city’s ocean safety team reminds swimmers not to swim in the secluded areas. (Video: Timothy Hurley and Kat Wade)
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Safety Around Water: Giovanni: “Everybody Can Learn How to Swim.”
Giovanni shares about what he has learned from his first swim lessons at the Y. 71% of the World is Water Children Are 100% Curious Teaching children how to be safe around water is not a luxury; it is a necessity. The YMCA’s Safety Around Water program can help you make sure they learn essential…
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Denton Parks & Recreation – Swim Lessons
Swim lessons are offered year-round at the NAT and during the summer at the NAT and Civic Center Pool for ages six months and older. Lessons for all skill levels are provided at each class during each session. The registration deadline for swim lessons is at closing on the Friday before the first day of…
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New guidelines suggest kids start swimming lessons as early as one
Some swim centers in the Twin Cities have lessons for kids as young as four months.
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Just because you know how to swim doesn’t mean you know how to survive drowning
As pool and beach season gets underway safety experts remind water lovers not to have a false sense of security because a lifeguard is on duty or because they know how to swim. The World Congress on Drowning states that an estimated 66% of the more than 360,000 people who drown worldwide each year knew…
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Port Washington takes actions to keep swimmers safe from rip current
An information station is located at Port Washington’s North Beach and is the first of-its-kind technology.
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My Intestines Got Sucked Out In A Swimming Pool | TRULY
A horrific swimming pool accident left a teenager without her intestines and unable to eat food for the last 10 years. When she was five-years-old, Salma Bashir was playing in a baby swimming pool in Alexandria, Egypt. She sat on the pool’s suction valve and the force was so strong that it ripped her small…