Category: Safety
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Raleigh company creates technology to guard against drownings
A Triangle company that guards against drownings is making a big splash as the summer comes to an end. SEAL Innovation, Inc., a company we previewed in a “What’s Next†segment two years ago, just received word the YMCA in Raleigh will be using their SwimSafe technology. “The problem is people don’t know their child…
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Updates on Waukesha county swim coach sex assault investigation
12 News Christina Palladino reports.
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Diver cried as he brought body of free diving teen to surface
Hunt was “free diving†— which uses no breathing aides such as scuba tanks — with his father and friends when he went missing around 2 p.m. When Skyler didn’t resurface, the authorities were alerted. Triston Hunt, Skyler’s father, also put out a plea for help on his Facebook page on a post stamped 2:41…
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With Water Whisperer’s Help, This Anchor Can Swim
Whether it’s the ocean or swimming pools, Southern Californians love to be in water. But according to the Red Cross, more than half of adults in America can’t swim well, and many can’t swim at all. Often, it can be traced to a traumatic experience that prevented them from learning, such as in the case…
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Kenyan man drowns while participating in a swimming contest in Kalundu dam
Members of public are still trying to retrieve the body of a 24-year-old man who drowned in Kalundu dam. Afith Shaffie drowned due to fatigue as he engaged in a swimming contest with two of his friends across the dam, which borders Kitui Township and Tungutu locations. https://youtu.be/KIUe9l7rtHM
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Peeping Tom took pictures 11-year-old Malaysian state swimmer
A Peeping Tom took pictures of an 11-year-old state gold medallist swimmer and four young women inside a bathroom at the Hang Jebat Stadium in Krubong. One victim, a 20-year-old factory worker, told police they were taking a bath together after swimming practice when they spotted a hand holding a camera-phone, recording them. She said…
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Iraqis Are Learning How To Swim Before Heading To Europe
Mustafa Jassim Mohammed is one of thousands of Iraqis planning to leave Iraq for Europe. But before the journey, he needs to learn to swim. Baghdad’s passport authorities say requests for passports have increased significantly in recent weeks.
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CPS swim coach hailed as hero after student collapses in pool
Payton College Prep student Claire Luning said she was halfway through swimming the 50-yard butterfly during a practice two weeks ago at Jones College Prep when something felt off. “I remember breathing really hard,” said Luning, 16, a junior and member of the Jones-Payton swim team. “I mean, I was racing, but it didn’t feel…
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Swedish man falls 14m through roof into public swimming pool
Thursday afternoon in Helsingborg, Sweden, a man suddenly fell through one of the roof windows of the public swimming pool Simhallsbadet, and 14 meters down into the children’s pool. – “He landed on his side and stomach and that was lucky. The pool is only 70 centimeters deep. He definitely had a guardian angel watching…