Category: Safety
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Watch a 6-month-old learn to save himself from drowning
This controversial method teaches infants survival skills to save themselves from drowning.
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Eden Prairie swim coach killed in boating accident
A beloved Eden Prairie swim coach died in a northern Minnesota boating accident over the 4th of July weekend, and the driver of the boat has been arrested in connection with her death. Brenda Larson, 50, coached with Team Foxjet in Eden Prairie for six years, teaching 5 to 8-year-olds how to swim. The Beltrami…
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How beachgoers helped save two shark attack victims
Tom Foreman looks at the response to a pair of shark attacks that left two teens fighting for their lives on a North Carolina beach.
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Don’t Drink and Dive
In 2014 more people drowned in Sweden than in any other year in the last decade. In fact, in the month of July, Swedish water-related accidents cost more lives than road traffic accidents. Most of the drowning victims were men and the majority had consumed alcohol. Many authorities are working hard to reverse this trend.…
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1 drowned, 1 injured after rescuing distressed swimmer
Norfolk police confirm one man died and another was injured after the two rescued a distressed swimmer at East Beach Friday evening. Emergency dispatchers received a 911 call around 7 p.m. for a distressed swimmer in the water near East Beach Drive and 23rd Bay Street, according to NPD Corporal Melinda Wray. This is in…
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Three Austrian swimmers hit by bus in Baku 2015 Athlete’s Village
Three 15-year-old Austrian synchronised swimmers were hurt in a collision with a bus while walking in the athletes’ village at the European Games in Baku. The Austrian Olympic Committee (AOC) said Vanessa Sahinovic was “severely injured” and would be flown to Vienna for further treatment. Luna Pajer will also be flown back to the Austrian…
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Waterproof Jacksonville Expands Free Swim Lessons for Youth
Waterproof Jacksonville is expanding it’s reach once again this year in order to teach more kids to swim and be safe in the water.
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Swim school teaches children with special needs
With two children lost in one day from drowning. We learned one of them was a 7-year-old child on the autism spectrum.
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Woman Rescued From Lake Harriet After 7 Minutes Underwater
A 20-year-old woman is alive Wednesday night after a dramatic rescue at a popular Minneapolis beach. The woman and a 17-year-old girl were trying to swim to a floating dock on Lake Harriet just before 5 p.m. Both went underwater, and the teenager made it safely back to shore — but the woman never resurfaced.…