Category: Safety
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Man turns into ‘zombie’ after swimming
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.
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Spotlight on child sex abuse in Swimming Australia
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…
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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.…