Category: Safety
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Teenager dies after getting into trouble swimming under a waterfall with friends
Police have warned of the dangers of open water swimming after a sixteen-year-old boy died after getting into difficulties under a 70-foot high waterfall. Curtis Atherton, from Hartlepool, got into difficulty in the pool below High Force in Teesdale, County Durham, at around 8pm yesterday. He was found in the water following a major search operation at…
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Police to start cracking down on swimming at Trotwood lake
Emergency crews say the site of Sunday’s drowning is very dangerous.
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American Red Cross offers free summer swim program to keep kids safe
Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death in children. American Red Cross is diving in and kicking off free summer swim program that’s getting high marks from Atlanta’s first family.
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Star High School Football Player Paralyzed In Swim Accident The Day Before Graduation
An East Bay high school football player is paralyzed after a swim accident the day before his graduation. Cate Cauguiran talked to his family now hoping for any signs of recovery. See CBS SFBayArea
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Marine with 2 Purple Hearts Drowns After Rescuing 2 Teens from Dam
The Good Samaritan who rescued two teens from a Texas dam has now been identified as a Marine veteran who was awarded two Purple Hearts. Retired Master Sgt. Rodney Buentello, 42, was at Bandera City Park Wednesday with his wife and two children when he saw the two teens trapped in a strong undertow in…
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HBO’s ‘Girls’ stars slam Stanford rapist
The stars of HBO’s ‘Girls’ are outraged about the six-month sentence given to Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner. Turner, once an Olympic swimming hopeful, was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman. HBO’s ‘Girls’ stars Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet came together for a PSA where they praise the victim in the…
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Ex-Stanford Swimmer’s Mother Begged Judge for No Jail Time
Mother of Brock Turner, who was sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, told the judge in a letter that jail would be a “death sentence” for him.
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Ludacris teams with Olympians to teach kids to swim
It’s an open secret in the black community – blacks can’t swim. And the generalization doesn’t end there. The stereotyping as to why seems less important than the life threatening data: 70 percent of black children don’t know how to float, tread water or even splash in the shallow end of the pool. Atlanta rapper…
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American Academy of Pediatrics Pool and Swimming Safety Tips
Dr. Sarah Denny, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) spokesperson and an emergency room pediatrician, offers parents tips on how to keep children safe in and around pools. For more information, please visit AAP’s parenting website HealthyChildren.org: http://ow.ly/llDf300Ct9i.