Category: Safety
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The 2015 Rottnest Swim Through the Eyes of the Community TAB Jet Skis
The Fremantle Sea Rescue Community TAB jet skis were out all day assisting people throughout the Rottnest Swim and here is what their GoPros filmed in the process!
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Conor Pope: ‘I’ll swim a mile, and it won’t kill me’
I have never trusted swimming. Unlike most forms of exercise and beach or poolside activities, when you are swimming you have to spend a lot of time in something that can quite handily kill you. And that has never seemed entirely wise to me. While I did not grow up with a fear of water,…
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The Kirsty Coventry Academy – Saving Lives Through Drowning Prevention
Kirsty Coventry today announced the Kirsty Coventry Academy, aiming to save lives through drowning prevention. See facebook.com/kirstycoventryacademy Post by Kirsty Coventry Academy.
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Gatineau swim coach Gilbert McDonald charged with voyeurism
A Gatineau swim coach has been charged with two counts of voyeurism after police allege he set up a smartphone to film the inside of a women’s locker room. Gatineau police said in a news release they arrested 48-year-old Gilbert McDonald of Gatineau on Friday after the discovery of a smartphone that was “strategically placed”…
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Cleared storm drain turns into an unexpected water slide
A video from YouTuber Patricia Pink shows a terrifying series of events in which four men and a child are attempting to unclog a large storm drain. The boy begins to jump on the branches that are clogging the large drain in an attempt to push them through, but once they’re freed, he and one…
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Coast Guard rescues dog from icy Frankfort Bay, Michigan
Ice rescue crews from Coast Guard Station Frankfort, Michigan, rescue a dog from the ice in Frankfort, Feb. 2, 2015. U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Oliver Art Center.
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Stanford Rape Case: Attorney Says Charges Could Be Hard To Prove
A former star swimmer at Stanford University pleaded not guilty today to five counts of sexual assault for allegedly raping a drunk and unconscious woman outside an on-campus fraternity party last month, prosecutors said. Brock Allen Turner, 19, was charged last week with five felony counts of sexual assault. Deputies allegedly found him pinned by…
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Sink or Swim? The global drowning crisis
Every year, nearly 400,000 people round the globe die by drowning, making it one of the world’s most common causes of accidental death. Now several projects – from playpens to drones – are attempting to tackle the problem. Unlike malaria and malnutrition, there is no global programme aimed at reducing the death toll from drowning.…