Category: Safety
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Plucky Golden Retriever rescued by New Brighton lifeboat crew
Martha the golden retriever is rescued by crew from New Brighton lifeboat station as she was being swept out to sea.
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North London teacher, 35, ‘dies’ for five minutes while attempting 50m underwater swim
A teacher who stopped breathing for five minutes after being pulled unconscious from an east London pool has spoken of his debt to the lifeguards who brought him back to life. Ed Bray, 35, had been trying to complete two underwater lengths of the 25-metre pool at Clissold Leisure Centre, Hackney, without coming up for…
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Finally Learning To Swim
It’s a life-saving skill many people learn as kids, but an alarming number of Americans say they don’t know how to swim. CBS2’s Alex Denis speaks with some people who are overcoming their fears and finding out the water is just fine.
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YMCA offers free swimming classes during spring break
During this swimming safety week, the YMCA offers free swim classes.
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Good but drunk Samaritan picked up by police after trying to revive a rubber dinghy
Ever had such a big Saturday night that you ended up confusing a lifeboat with a lifeless body? Well that was the reality for one drunken 22-year-old, who was found by police in a shipyard just after 4am on Sunday in the western town of Vannes. Officers noticed the man kneeling by an inflatable boat…
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Canadian Olympian Daundre Barnaby dies in swimming accident at national team camp
Canada’s track and field team has lost one of its most promising young sprinters. Daundre Barnaby, who competed for Canada at the 2012 London Olympics, died in a swimming accident at a national team training camp in St. Kitts on Friday. He was 24. “He was a very nice guy, he had ‘peace love and…
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Phelps: No harm in asking for help
Kids at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne on Thursday got a chance to hear the most decorated Olympic athlete in history talk about how they can achieve their dreams. Speaking to a group of more than 20 kids, reporters and Boys & Girls Clubs employees, Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps talked about…
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Never too old to learn some swimming skills
Have you ever heard the phrase ‘You are never too old to learn a new trick?†Well, you are never too old to learn some swimming skills! The Vigo County YMCA and the Terre Haute Torpedoes Swim Club will be hosting adult aquatics events during the month of April. And it’s not just to learn…
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Unusual accident sends car into swimming pool in Overland Park
According to a person who lives at the apartment, the elderly driver seemed disoriented.