Category: Safety

Walker was the former CEO and head coach for Excel Aquatics. After USA Swimming notified Walker of their intention to ban him, he was terminated from Excel in May. A spokesman for USA Swimming would not comment on why they intend to ban Walker, but a spokesman for Metro police confirmed that in January two…

It’s the biggest little secret and now it can be revealed: Everyone’s favorite prince is learning to swim. Like his father and grandfather before him, Prince George is experiencing the royal splash-about with his mother at the world’s most exclusive gym, the Buckingham Palace pool. Kate was seen driving in to the grounds of Buckingham…

A 20-year-old man died after lightning from a rare summer thunderstorm jolted a Southern California beach, injuring or rattling more than a dozen people, authorities said. Witnesses said they saw a glare of light and heard a tremendous boom as lightning struck the water off of Venice Beach around 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Swimmers cooling off…

Vanuatu may be a Pacific Island nation, but most of its population cannot swim – and that can be deadly. Now a small pilot project has big plans to start a swimming revolution. http://youtu.be/kGRNhPOyUq0

Aqua Passport is Wales’ only Government endorsed learn to swim scheme. With 1 in 4 children under the age of 11 unable to swim, our goal is to get every child in Wales swimming by 2020.

Councilmember Yvette Simpson begins swim lessons next week, as a part of the no-charge I Can Swim project. Subscribe to WLWT on YouTube now for more: http://bit.ly/1ipUX3c

RNLI lifeguards rescued a boy who had been dragged away from Crooklets Beach in Bude, Cornwall, in a very strong rip current while bodyboarding. He was heard screaming for help so lifeguard Joby Wolfenden-Brown paddled out on a rescue board and grabbed the boy, who was exhausted and clearly in a lot of distress. He…

Free Swim is an award winning documentary film about the paradox of coastal people not knowing how to swim. Taking place on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas we follow a group of kids as they overcome their fears, gain confidence and reconnect with their environment by learning to swim in open waters. With…

A Cornell grandmother is making a difference one swimming lesson and one life jacket at a time. The Chippewa Valley community has banded together to help her cause, with a 4-year-old boy at the center of it all. At age 11 Greg Chojnacki is learning how to kick, scoop and dive for the first time.…