Category: Safety
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Fox Company – Swim Qualification – Jan. 6, 2014
“Recruits of Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, learn about basic water survival Jan. 6, 2014, at the recruit training pool on Parris Island, S.C. Water survival qualification, which is a graduation requirement, includes swimming 25 meters, treading water for four minutes, jumping into water from a 10-foot tower and shedding heavy equipment while underwater.…
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Shark Survival Story
“He’s a talented actor, but did you also know that he survived swimming in a cage with a great white shark? He told Ellen the story.” http://youtu.be/wB1HHGyAyU8 Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
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7News : Free swim lessons for babies
A South East Queensland swim school has started giving free lessons for free. See also Kawana Aquatic Centre http://youtu.be/djX0Ff6HEZE
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Ben Miller almost drowned after ignoring warnings not to swim off a Caribbean beach
Read The Mirror TV detective Ben Miller has revealed he almost drowned after ignoring warnings not to swim off a Caribbean beach while filming hit BBC series Death In Paradise . The actor got into difficulty when he waded into the sea in Guadeloupe and ended up “rolled into the waves and thrashed to within an inch of…
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Two men drown, five rescued after Docherty Island swim attempt
Read ABC News Police say they were contacted at about 7:30pm (ACDT) after a group of seven men got into difficulty. The men went missing off the coast near the community of Wadeye, about 400 kilometres south west of Darwin yesterday evening. Police say the group drove to the island at low tide, but when…
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Taiwanese man who can’t swim survives 60 hours adrift in sea
Read The Japan Times A Taiwanese man has miraculously survived a 60-hour ordeal drifting in rough seas off the island’s east coast even though he cannot swim, local media reported Monday. Tseng Lien-fa was catching baby eels on a beach in Hualien County early Friday when he was swept away by an unexpectedly large wave.…
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Freedivers capture near drowning incident when speared tuna drags diver into depth
See 9News National Jack Strickland had a GoPro camera strapped to his chest when he and his friend Aaron Gallagher went diving for fish, A Current Affair reports. Mr Gallagher was holding his breath as he chased a dog-tooth tuna 17 metres underwater, but when he eventually speared it the fish started to drag him deeper.
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U.S. Navy Air Rescue Swimmers ‘Trained to Save’
“The intense training required to be a Navy Air Rescue Swimmer is second to none. When you see the kind of real-life rescue missions they pull off, you’ll understand why.” http://youtu.be/MZTyD8tRy-c
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Lake Michigan ice makes for tricky New Year’s swim
Milwaukee’s Polar Bear club held it’s annual New Year’s Day swim in Lake Michigan, but shifting winds brought a lot of lake ice to the shores.. making for some tricky footing.