Category: Safety
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Posing underwater for a good cause
The Kirk Family YMCA and Bohemian Robot Photography has teamed up to keep kids safe in the water. Underwater pictures will be showcased in a book that will be sold in the Spring. All the profits will help the YMCA and fund it’s Y-Splash program which teaches young kids water about safety. See WDBJ7 video…
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Crazy Irish lads jump into raging sea during Storm Desmond
A Status Red weather warning remains in place as adverse weather conditions sweep across the country, with winds of 120km recorded in some areas. Two unnamed teenagers, believed to be locals, were captured on camera jumping into the raging waters at the famous Blackrock location on the Salthill promenade. See Independent
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Police: Two dead in crash involving Lenape swim team bus
The driver of a Volkswagen Passat and his passenger were killed in Southampton Township late Tuesday afternoon when their car crashed head-on into a school bus carrying the Lenape High School girls’ varsity swim team to a meet, according to New Jersey State Police. Eight of the 20 students on the bus were taken to…
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80 Per Cent Of NSW Swimming Pools Are Unsafe, Says Royal Life Saving NSW
The majority of backyard swimming pools in New South Wales have been deemed ‘unsafe’, with Royal Life Saving NSW revealing 80 per cent of the state’s 350,000 registered pools would fail an initial compliance inspection. According to figures extracted from local councils, Royal Life Saving NSW believes the safety regulations designed to prevent backyard drownings…
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Navy Investigation: SEALs who died in Virginia Beach training pool were likely holding their breath
The drowning deaths of two decorated Navy SEALs in a training pool in Virginia Beach likely happened as the pair practiced holding their breath underwater. SO1 Brett Allen Marihugh and SO1 Seth Cody Lewis died after being found unresponsive at the bottom of the pool on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in late April.…
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Towson University coach charged in videotaping incident
AÂ Towson University diving coach was indicted on criminal charges Monday in connection with a cellphone that was recording in the team’s locker room last month. Maureen Mead of Lutherville, 43, is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with interception of communication, peeping Tom and altering evidence, according to the university and online court records. On…
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Cy-Fair Swim Club coach banned for life after sexual allegation
A sexual allegation against a local swim coach cost him his job and his future in the sport. Jack Maddan, the Head Coach of FLEET, the competitive swim team at Cy-Fair Swim Club on Spring Cypress Rd. has been banned for life from USA Swimming, the national governing body of competitive swimming in the United…
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Michael Phelps Says His Unborn Son Will Be “Water Safe,†Will Travel to Rio for 2016 Olympics
One stroke at a time! Michael Phelps may be a reigning Olympic champion, but the athlete isn’t going to try to force swimming upon his unborn son, he exclusively told Us Weekly in an exclusive interview. “He’s definitely going to be water safe, that’s for sure!†the 22-time medalist said at the NBC Olympics promo…
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UNESCO declares ability to swim as fundamental right for all
See press release from FINA FINA is very pleased to announce the adoption by UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – of the revised version of the “International Charter of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sportâ€. Originally adopted in 1978, the document’s main objective was to declare that “the practice of…