Category: Safety
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Miraculous survival in the sea, 18 fishermen caught in cyclone Phailin swim to coast
Amid the tales of devastation caused by cyclone Phailin is a story of a miraculous survival. 18 fishermen who were stranded in deep sea off the coast of Paradeep when cyclone Phailin struck swam their way against the tide and survived. http://youtu.be/wYOlt08JtcM
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Charlotte swim program helps minorities get into pool
See WCNC Jahari Dunn doesn’t seem to be doing anything that miraculous when she swims with the Queen City Dolphins. But the 17-year-old Cato Middle College High School student knows that what she does with her team is remarkable. “I saw the water and i jumped in and i didn’t know how to swim. My…
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69-year-old swimming coach found guilty of assault after grabbing child by the arm
Read for instance Bournemouth Echo A swimming coach who taught three generations of Dorset children is devastated after a ‘black cloud’ has been left hanging over her 50-year career. Janet Hewitt, 69, was found guilty of assault by beating last week after Weymouth Magistrates’ Court heard that she grabbed a child by the arm after…
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Are 512 pushups too many for a swimmer? A Missouri jury says no
Read The Wichita Eagle Five hundred twelve pushups. Twice. That’s 1,024 pushups. Alexandra “Ali†Swee, now a Memphis, Tenn., college student, says she was told to do them one night five years ago during a Blue Springs practice when she was a 13-year-old member of the Kansas City Blazers swim club. She contended the excessive…
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Former swim coach Todd Sousa gets another 16-month sentence for sex crimes
Read SanJuanCapistranoPatch A Laguna Hills swimming coach who has already served time behind bars for having sex with one of his 15-year-old students was sentenced today to another 16 months in prison for molesting another teenage girl. Todd Robert Sousa, 39, who co-owned Swim Venture Inc. of Laguna Hills with his wife, pleaded guilty in June to six counts of lewd acts on…
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Swimmer killed by shark off Jeffreys Bay in South Africa
See for instance JBAYNEWS, IOL and the National Sea Rescue Institute JBAYNEWS 74 year old JBay local Burgert van der Westhuizen was an experienced open water swimmer, who regularly swam along the coastline of Jeffreys Bay. He was often seen training in the canals of Marina Martinique, mainly in the summer months. Burgert had the respect…
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In Bangladesh, swimming pools provide lessons for life
In an effort to decrease drowning deaths, a programme in Bangladesh teaches young children to swim and surive in the water.
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Charlotte swim coach Jamie Thomas arrested in Opelika for sexual misconduct
See WSFA The suspect, Jamie Thomas, is the owner and head coach at the New South Swimming club. Court documents indicate Thomas was arrested on Sept. 18 for sexual misconduct, a misdemeanor. The warrant states Thomas performed oral sex on a juvenile without consent. In an effort to protect the victim’s identity, some details about…
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Family sues Hilton after man dies from electrocution in hotel swimming pool
Read KHOU In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, a Missouri City family alleges “gross negligence of epic proportions†for the swimming pool electrocution death of a young man at a Hilton Hotel swimming pool. Raul Hernandez Martinez, 27, and his family spent the Labor Day weekend at the Hilton Houston Westchase hotel at 9999 Westheimer in…