Category: Safety

Eleven people, including eight children, were hospitalized Friday following a chlorine leak at a swimming facility in Naperville, according to emergency and hospital officials. The people experienced symptoms ranging from nausea and vomiting to chest pain and shortness of breath at the Goldfish Swim School in the 1600 block of Quincy Avenue, according to George…

The Finnish National Board of Education has mandated that primary school children participate in municipally-funded swimming lessons. From first to fourth grade, the pupils learn to feel comfortable in the water and learn basic swimming skills. In fifth to ninth grade, the goal of instruction is to develop the pupils’ swimming technique and learn basic…

A swimming instructor has been arrested, accused of molesting two 6-year-olds during swim class. Francisco De Aragon, 26, was arrested Wednesday and is facing charges of sexual assault and lewd and lascivious behavior on a victim less than 12-years-old. De Aragon was in bond court Thursday. The judge ordered that he be held on no…

Everyone’s probably seen or done it at least once at the pool: the “hey watch this!” trick, such as when two New York City men first took a series of fast, deep breaths, then held their breath underwater in 2011. Both drowned. It’s not unusual, the New York City health officials report. They call it…

Rip currents can often be seen from the beach as a cloudy stretch of water in between areas of high wave action. The other current is called a structural current. These currents occur along break walls and the many concrete piers along the shoreline. They form when high waves throw water against the structures. That…

A 19 year-old East Tennessee man was trying to spend a relaxing morning on the riverbank doing some fishing, but ended up in the water to save a man’s life. Daniel Baldwin is in love with the sport of fishing. If he’s not in class at The University of Tennessee, he’s on the river angling…

For two weeks in May, our One Ocean Media Foundation helped organize, and film, a unique learn-to-swim project on the remote Maldivian island of Eydafushi. Despite living just a couple feet above sea level, many of the locals here never learn to swim. With the support of the SLOW LIFE Foundation and the Soneva Fushi…

With summer right around the corner, children of all ages will be flocking back to the pool in hopes of beating the summer heat. But when is the right age to begin teaching children the basics of swimming? According to swim instructor Daniel Roberts, there is no time like the present. Roberts said that waiting…

Olympic swimmer Rowdy Gaines has revamped programs at the organization’s 30 pools and is promising that no child will be turned away for swimming lessons no matter their ability to pay. See Orlando Sentinel