Category: Safety
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Alligator may have killed swimmer, officials say
An alligator has been shot and killed in a Central Florida state park and wildlife officials say it may have killed a swimmer. https://youtu.be/jHQk7PPQeZI
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Little Olly Wilkes has learnt to swim before he could walk
The waterbaby has baffled experts with her ability to swim more than 14ft (four metres) unaided and without armbands at the age of 17 months. Proud dad Christian, 39, began taking him to the local pool at the age of eight weeks like he did with the rest of his children. But the industrial maintenance…
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Shark attack off Lanikai Beach leaves swimmer with serious leg injuries
A-44-year-old male was attacked by a shark in the waters off Lanikai. He was taken to the hospital in serious condition. A few hours later, a 32-year-old man was attacked by a shark in the waters off Waikiki.
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TU swim team members secretly recorded in locker room
Towson University Police are investigating after members of the women’s swim team found a cell phone recording them in their locker room.
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Scientists Get Caught In Terrifying ‘Underwater Avalanche’
Underwater cave diving is a risky business. Environmental anthropologist Kenny Broad and one of his fellow researchers-cum-explorers know this for a fact after experiencing an “underwater avalanche” — which is when sediment from the walls of the cave collapses in around the divers. The harrowing experience, which took place in one of the Bahamas’ mysterious blue…
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Swim with handcuffs and leg-irons
19-year-old Georgian swimmer Ana Lominadze swam 25m in just 21.76 seconds while wearing handcuffs and leg-irons, on 3 April 2014, at the Dighomi Swimming Pool in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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St. Pete Beach mayor wants free swimming program
The mayor of St. Pete Beach has launched a fundraising effort after a weekend drowning off Pass-A-Grille. “This is a new program that we are initiating in response to this tragedy,” Mayor Maria Lowe said, referring to Saturday’s drowning death of Cameron Bullard, 9. “We want to empower the youth and even adults who can’t…
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Late night swim turns tragic in north Columbus
A late night swim in an apartment complex pond turned tragic along Belcher Drive.
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Body found during search for missing swimmer near blowhole
Honolulu fire rescue crews recovered a body Tuesday morning after resuming their search for a teen missing near the Halona Blowhole. The medical examiner identified the body as 19-year-old Tajhee Williams of Port Jervis, New York. See KITV
