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  • Head of Maryland swim club arrested on child sex abuse charges

    Head of Maryland swim club arrested on child sex abuse charges

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    Read Reach For The Wall A Maryland swim coach was arrested on child abuse and sex offense charges Thursday morning after a former student accused him of engaging her in “sex acts” when she was a child, authorities said. Police have charged 53-year-old Christopher Thomas Huott, founder and owner of the Maryland Suburban Swim Club,…

  • Wayward kangaroo rescued from pool

    Wayward kangaroo rescued from pool

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    Via Arbroath A wayward kangaroo found itself in deep trouble when it jumped over a fence and into the backyard pool of a property in Victoria, Australia. The Eastern Grey kangaroo was found just in time. The large male had been fighting for his life for around four hours after jumping a fence and into…

  • Car plunges into swimming pool behind Texas home

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    See KHOU SAN ANTONIO – A car crashed through a rock wall and a privacy fence before plunging into a backyard swimming pool on the city’s northwest side Wednesday evening.

  • It’s never to late to learn to swim

    It’s never to late to learn to swim

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    Read abqjournalfit.com More than a third of American adults can’t swim the length of a 25-yard pool, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you’re among the 37 percent of adults who can’t, you’re at greater risk for becoming one of the nearly 10 people who drown each day, on average.…

  • Pier Plunging Craze Hits Faroe Islands

    Pier Plunging Craze Hits Faroe Islands

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    UPDATE: Turns out that this is probably a marketing gimmick by Danish energy drink maker Cult, that ended up here somewhat twisted and without a sender. See for instance mx.dk At the beginning of this Easter holiday, a social fad started spreading here in the Faroes, that had next to everyone and his brother jump…

  • Swimmer nearly dies crossing Sound on a dare

    Swimmer nearly dies crossing Sound on a dare

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    Read nwfdailynews.com The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office identified Robert David Walters as the man pulled from the Santa Rosa Sound Monday after trying to swim cross the waterway on a dare. The 53-year-old man was still in very critical condition at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Tuesday afternoon, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Michele Nicholson. Walters was…

  • Girl, 10, slipped from tube in Saguaro Lake, couldn’t swim

    Girl, 10, slipped from tube in Saguaro Lake, couldn’t swim

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    See CBS 5 The body of a 10-year-old girl who had spent part of Easter rafting with her cousins was pulled from Saguaro Lake on Sunday afternoon. The girl and two cousins, ages 12 and 16 years old, were on an inner tube about 1:30 p.m. when the 10-year-old lost her grip on a handle and the…

  • New Richmond swim coach dies in lawnmower accident

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    Read WCPO Cincinatti and see WLWT A beloved swim coach with the New Richmond Exempted Village School District died Friday in a mowing accident at his Clermont County home. Authorities said 63-year-old Joe Middeler was using a riding mower on his lawn in the 1800 block of US 52 in Moscow at about 6:30 p.m. when it rolled…

  • Schoolkid’s Instinctive Swim to Survive

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    Read The Wall Street Journal “At first we didn’t think it was that serious,” Joon-hyuk said. But then the boat lurched further onto its side and the waters rose. “We heard the helicopters outside and told each other that the rescuers were coming.” Joon-hyuk and his friends helped a young girl, not even 10 years…