Category: Safety
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Olympic Athletes Fear Retaliation If They Speak Out
Starting next month, Sarah Hirshland will officially take over as CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee. One of the big issues she will have to deal with is ongoing sexual abuse scandals. In recent months, athletes have come forward in sports like swimming, gymnastics, diving, and taekwondo with allegations of sexual abuse or assault. Many…
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Swimming pool drone could give parents second set of eyes on children at play
A new robot designed to give you an extra set of eyes on your swimming pool could help save children from drowning. Lee Kambar is a father who says he was motivated to find a way to protect lives and give parents and first responders critical extra seconds to respond to possible emergencies. The Morningstar…
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Siblings swim English Channel to support Detroit Swims
Nick and Colleen Anthony have spent summers at the pool, been on swim teams and even played underwater hockey in college. They have grown up swimming. Nick starting at age 9 and Colleen at age 6.
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Cullen Jones challenges ‘black people don’t swim’ stereotype
The four-time Olympian is raising awareness for water safety by providing free swimming lessons.
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Going back to Bawsey Pits for KLFM’s Swim Safe Summer Campaign
Paramedic Owen was called out here when two people sadly drowned in 2013
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‘Age is just a number:’ Seniors finding jobs in retirement as pool lifeguards
Move over, water aerobics: senior citizens are hitting the pool for a completely different reason and in larger numbers than you may think. There are about 20 senior lifeguards throughout the Central Ohio YMCA organization working to keep pool-goers safe. “Age is just a number,†Robert Allen said. Allen, who goes by Mr. Bob, is…
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Montreal raises minimum age to swim alone to eight years old
The minimum age to enter a Montreal city pool alone has been raised to eight years old, part of an effort to make swimming safer. The minimum age used to be six – and prior to 2017, there was no minimum age, only a height requirement. Children must also meet a minimum height of 15…
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Rick Stanton gives incredible account of Thai cave rescue | ITV News
Rick Stanton, a former firefighter from Coventry, has described the astonishing details of the search for the Thai football team trapped deep in a cave, and their subsequent rescue.
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YMCA: Start swim lessons at an early age
There’s a lot of dangers going on whether it’s deep water or even in the pool there is that unknown.