Category: Safety
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Texas Game Wardens dive into extreme swimming lessons
See KVUE Imagine trying to stay afloat wearing 20 pounds of gear. If you’re a Texas Game Warden drowning while patrolling the water is a very real danger. That’s why some Texas Game Wardens took an extreme swimming lesson recently.
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Swimming coach loses appeal to clear her name
Read Dorset Echo A swimming coach has lost her appeal against a conviction for assaulting a child. Janet Hewitt, the former head coach of the West Dorset Warriors, wept as she was told by Judge Peter Johnson today that the appeal had been dismissed following a hearing at Bournemouth Crown Court. Judge Johnson said: “I’m…
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Brave Swede strips down to his underpants in order to rescue duck from chilly lake
Between this and the cat rescue the other day, it has been a big week for Swedish pet lifeguards. See Nothing To Do With Arbroath Kenth Rehn, 38, was out for a stroll in Kneippen, Sweden, when he saw a mallard caught by a fishing hook. So he jumped into a lake and rescued the…
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Girl gets slapped in the face by a whale
We went whale watching on the Baja this weekend, for an excursion as a part of the Live Different Academy program (www.livedifferent.com), and unfortunately, Chelsea got smacked in the head by a whale’s tail. Luckily, she was fine and we got it on video!
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Swimming the Channel 34 times didn’t stop one athlete from having a heart attack
Read Express Swimmer Kevin Murphy was in training for his 35th crossing of the English Channel when he felt a gripping pain in his chest. However his record-breaking feats of endurance have taught him to battle through pain and over the years Kevin has overcome numbing cold, fatigue and jellyfish stings so he wasn’t going…
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Broken Arrow swim coach arrested on suspicion of selling drugs
See FOX23 and Tulsa World BAPD told FOX23 they arrested Kameron Killam and his friend Ryan Johnson for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute to a minor. Our FOX23 team went to Broken Arrow to find out more on the school’s response to the coach’s arrest. This park is where police say a Broken…
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Norfolk swim program improves grades and abilities
See WAVY Swimming lessons are turning around low academic scores at one Norfolk school. The lessons are part of a new program started by the Norfolk Redevelopment Housing Authority. The program gives students from Tidewater Park Elementary free swimming lessons before school at the Southside Aquatics Center in Norfolk. NRHA started the program to teach the students a new skill,…
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Freediver Blacks Out During World Record Attempt | Barely Breathing With Annelie Pompe
See EPIC TV Annelie Pompe hates pool training. That’s unfortunate given that her occupation is professional freediving. Not long after summiting the lofty altitudes of Aconcagua in Argentina, she’s back in the pool preparing for another world depth record in freediving. The last time she was in this position she only had two months to…
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Freediver survives orca dragging him under for 40+ seconds
Read The New Zealand Herald Levi Gavin, 23, was collecting kina and crayfish at Horahora Estuary, 30km east of Whangarei on February 10, when an orca grabbed a catch bag attached to his right arm. It dragged him beneath the water for more than 40 seconds before a rope connecting him to the bag came…