Category: Safety

A 17-year-old Missouri star athlete died of an apparent heart attack while racing her friends in a swimming pool, her devastated mother said. Emma Aronson, an incoming senior at Lee’s Summit High School, passed away last Friday when her heart stopped during a playful swimming competition with pals at the neighborhood pool. “She was racing…

A teenage boy has died after spending approximately 45 minutes underwater in Lake Washington at Mt. Baker Beach in Seattle, a Harborview Medical Center spokesperson said. The teen went underwater at around 6 P.M. Sunday, Seattle firefighters said. Divers pulled him out of the water and medics rushed him to Harborview Medical Center. A hospital…

A former Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics swim coach has been sentenced to probation after he exposed himself at a Douglas hotel pool while sexting his wife. Troy Emmons, 53, was sentenced May 29 in Allegan County District Court on a charge of attempted aggravated indecent exposure. In a plea deal, Allegan County prosecutors agreed to dismiss charges…

While pools and beaches are a source of fun for Canadian families during the summer, they also pose a risk for drowning. The Lifesaving Society has developed a program to teach school children three critical skills needed to survive a fall in deep water. In Canada, drowning is the number one cause of unintentional injury death among…

How did a 13-year-old boy end up in a medically-induced coma after an incident at a pool inside a Buffalo school when school officials say the teen was walking and talking? A woman who was at the pool Tuesday at Waterfront School #95 shared this video with 7 Eyewitness News. It shows a very chaotic…

Swimming survival programs can prevent drowning just as well as immunization protects against disease, says the World Health Organization in its first report on the issue. The comparison by the prestigious global health agency is a huge shot in the arm for Ontario’s Swim to Survive program, celebrating its 10th anniversary Thursday, says the Lifesaving…

A Wickham teenager who survived a “scary” 16-hour ordeal after becoming stranded while free-diving off the Pilbara coast swam for up to seven hours and thought he was going to die before he finally reached land. Mr Saylor, who had been free-diving with three friends on Monday, was found about 6.40am on a beach on…

The victim originally jumped into the water in Honokohau Harbor and speared the fish.