Category: Safety
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Oscar Kightley faces his fear of water and learns to swim
Oscar Kightley is two laps into his swim to survive. The actor and comedian has spent the past 20 years being scared of the water. The 44-year-old said his fear of the water followed two near-drowning incidents. “That kind of kept me out, but I always knew I was missing out on something,” he said.…
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Holyoke swim coach accused of rape will not be banned from sport
It was in November when CBS 3 first told you Anna Strzempko’s story of alleged rape. “I remember once Anna told me it was like cocaine, she would do anything for his approval,” her mother Monica Strzempko told CBS 3 in November. They were words from a mother desperate to get her daughter’s alleged story…
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3 Kauai swimmers saved by beachgoers’ human chain
Kauai beachgoers saved three people from drowning in waters off Kauapea Beach on Tuesday. Officials say a 42-year-old Austrian man initially found himself in distress, which prompted a 24-year-old Kilauea man to help him. Then a 50-year-old Kauai woman entered the water after seeing the men both struggle. Firefighters say upon their arrival, they found…
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Ex-Dolphins player falls in ocean, survives by swimming 9 miles to land
According to the U.S. Coast Guard, Konrad fell into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday and only survived because he was able to swim nine miles to shore. The Coast Guard told WPTV in West Palm Beach, Fla., that Konrad was picked up at 4:40 a.m. on Thursday and taken to the hospital to be treated…
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Jennifer Aniston: I have a ‘real fear’ of going underwater
Jennifer Aniston’s fear of going underwater stems from a childhood trauma. “I was a kid and I was riding this tricycle around a swimming pool and I drove my tricycle into the swimming pool and I didn’t let go and my brother tried to [help me],†the actress told E! News. “I basically have a real…
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Peoria event raises money for free swim lessons
Who needs coffee as a pick me up when you can jump into freezing cold water? That was the case at the annual Polar Plunge in Peoria at Sunrise Pool Saturday morning. It’s more than just about swimming in a pool that hasn’t been heated since November. Everyone at the event donated money to go…
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TU Delft student develops fast-flying defibrillator-equipped “Ambulance Drone”
Developed by Belgian engineering graduate Alec Momont, it can fly at speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour (60 miles per hour). “Around 800,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest in the European Union every year and only 8.0 percent survive,” Momont, 23, said at the TU Delft University. “The main reason for this is…
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Hempfield swim captain dies after crash
Hempfield Area High School’s swim team lost its captain Tuesday, a senior described as an accomplished and popular athlete and scholar. Judson Shiffler, 18, of West Hempfield died Tuesday morning in UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh from injuries suffered when his car crashed into a hillside Monday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.…
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Swimming pool jump goes fatally wrong
A young man who died trying to jump from a light pole into a Gisborne swimming pool had spent the afternoon playing football and enjoying a few drinks with friends. The 20-year-old had been at his friend’s family home in Lytton West when he attempted the fatal jump from a tennis court light pole. “My…