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  • Largest swimming lesson held to teach water safety

    Largest swimming lesson held to teach water safety

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    See Local12 Local pools took part in a worldwide event to promote safety in the water. It was also an attempt to break the record for the largest simultaneous swimming lesson.  Children packed several local pools for a 30 minute swim lesson. Last year’s record-setting crowd drew more than 32,000 swimmers and represented 13 different…

  • Rip Current Safety

    Rip Current Safety

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    This video explains how to escape when caught in a rip current. By swimming to the side a victim can escape the deep channel of the rip current to shallower safer water. Rip Current Safety from cosmoceanpictures on Vimeo.

  • Teaching young kids to swim can save their lives

    Teaching young kids to swim can save their lives

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    See WALB Emergency workers says it’s never too early to teach children how to swim. Parents should also learn basic swimming safety so they can protect their kids. WALB.com, Albany News, Weather, Sports

  • Mother works for swim safety after her two children drown

    Mother works for swim safety after her two children drown

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    See Local12 It’s been a mission Barbara Jeff has been on for three years: making sure children learn to swim and that money won’t be a barrier in getting them lessons. Her two boys, Cameron and Bryce, drowned in 2011 in a neighbor’s pool. Sadly, Barbara has learned since then nine children drown every day…

  • Teen drowns at popular swimming hole in Saline County, Arkansas

    Teen drowns at popular swimming hole in Saline County, Arkansas

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    See THV11 A fun day in the water with friends turned deadly for a Saline County teenager. It’s the second drowning involving a teen this week in Arkansas. Authorities said 18-year old Michael Ryan Baker was swimming when he went underwater and never re-surfaced. As the days grow hotter, so does the popularity of cooling…

  • Black Kids Lack The Basic Swim Skills They Need To Prevent Drowning

    Black Kids Lack The Basic Swim Skills They Need To Prevent Drowning

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    Read WLRN Florida has the highest rate of drowning in the country and for those younger than 4, water is the No. 1 killer aside from birth defects. But the danger is not spread equally among all children. Overall, black kids drown at a much higher rate than other children. But among the youngest group…

  • One-third of swimmer deaths involve alcohol, Irish Water Safety warns

    One-third of swimmer deaths involve alcohol, Irish Water Safety warns

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    Read Irish Examiner 13 people drowned during the heatwave last summer, and Irish Water Safety is urging people to exercise caution. An analysis of figures over the last 25 years shows that more than one-third of people who died while swimming had consumed alcohol beforehand. 62% of drownings happen inland, and Irish Water Safety is…

  • Man turns into ‘zombie’ after swimming

    Man turns into ‘zombie’ after swimming

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    See CBS Sacramento A Stockton man claims he got severely ill and nearly died after swimming in a popular lake, losing 28 pounds in just one week. Luis Lopez swam at the Woodward Reservoir Regional Park in rural Stanislaus County. “I couldn’t move; I couldn’t look around, like I was a zombie,” Lopez said.

  • Spotlight on child sex abuse in Swimming Australia

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    Read for instance SBS and The Guardian The response of the Directors of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Queensland and New South Wales to sexual abuse allegations against former Olympic swimming coach Scott Volkers will come under scrutiny next month at the royal commission into child abuse. Swimming Australia will also come under the spotlight when…