Category: Safety
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Teen dies during Lake Michigan swim outing
See Chicago Tribune A day after Jose “Tony” Joya drowned near Whiting, Ind., after he and a group of friends jumped from a pier into Lake Michigan, the mother of his young son was left wondering why he went into the water when he couldn’t swim. (video autoplays, therefore pushed below the break)
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American Red Cross Free Swim App Brings Water Safety Information to Mobile Devices
See redcross.org The American Red Cross has released a free new Swim App to promote water safety for parents and caregivers of young people learning how to swim. The app allows iPhone, iPad, Android and Kindle Fire users to track their child’s progress in Red Cross swim lessons and play safety-themed games to test their…
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Young swimmers learn water safety with ‘The Josh Project’
See NBC24 The Josh Project is back in the pool offering swim lessons to young kids, and it’s making a bigger splash than ever. Enrollment in the non-profit organization’s swimming lessons program is higher than ever before. The Josh Project’s founder Wanda Butts says the program’s impact is reaching new depths as the 2014 classes…
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Adults Can Learn To Swim For Free with Operation Splash
See KTLA There are more than 40 locations where children and adults can learn to swim for free. Gayle Anderson has the details on a summer program known as “Operation Splashâ€. Gayle Anderson was at one of the many pools participating in this summer’s ninth annual Kaiser Permanente’s Operation Splash, a FREE summer program offered…
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Tigress Shark – Woman Dances with Tiger Sharks
In a performance protest against the Australian shark cull and the global slaughter of sharks, a woman risks it all to dance on the sea floor with swarms of tiger sharks up to 17 feet long without any dive or protective gear. Tigress Shark – Woman Dances with Tiger Sharks from Blue Sphere Media on…
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Man dies at Great North Swim event on Windermere
Read for instance The BBC and The Independent A 52-year-old man has died after competing in a swimming challenge in the Lake District on Friday afternoon. He was flown to hospital by air ambulance “as a result of a medical emergency†after the incident during the Great North Swim in Windemere, Cumbria Police confirmed. The…
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Red Cross Survey: Half of All Americans Can’t Swim
See nebraska.tv Hitting the pool, taking the boat out, or jumping in the lake can and should be fun, but a day in the water can turn deadly without the right water safety skills. In an American Red Cross survey, nearly 50 percent of people reported having an experience where they thought they might drown.…
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Experts Remind Residents Of Swimming Dangers
See WICS Swimming is a way to escape the heat and have some fun during the summer months. However, now is also the time of year where accidental drowning is the leading cause of death among children between 1-and-4 years old. Sangamon County coroner, Cinda Edwards, pronounced the drowning death of a 3-year-old boy from…
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Boy, 16, Reports Shark Bite in Delaware
See 6abc A 16-year-old boy says he was bitten by a shark while swimming at Delaware’s Cape Henlopen State Park. The shark attack happened around 5:00 p.m. Monday. The teenager, Andrew Vance of Delmar, was wading in 5 feet of water when the shark bit his arm. He reported that the shark released its bite…