Category: Safety
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New Philly pools rules require kids to swim a length before going in the deep end
See nbc10.com A tragic child drowning at a Philadelphia Parks and Recreation pool last year will mean stricter rules for young swimmers who visit city pools this summer. The biggest change:Â all camp swimmers will have to swim from one end of the pool to the other before they’ll be allowed in the deep end. On…
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Body found in bottom of Mesa swimming pool
Read myFoxPhoenix.com Mesa firefighters say the body of a man has been found at the bottom of an apartment complex swimming pool near Dobson Road and the U.S. 60. Mesa Fire Department spokesman Dean Morales says crews responded to the complex at 3 a.m. Sunday after a resident walking by noticed a person in the…
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Swim lessons are essential
Read okcfox With temps heating up, you may have your sights set on the swimming pool. It won’t be long before your kids will be begging to cool off and splash around. But before they do, there’s an important warning from safety experts, as our state is third in the nation in the number of…
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63-year-old woman killed by shark during daily swim
Read for instance CTV News and see Brisbane Times A large shark killed a woman near her terrified husband and friends as they took their daily morning swim Thursday off a popular Australian east coast beach, police said. Christine Armstrong, 63, was taken by the shark as she attempted to swim the 600 metres between…
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Terrifying video of man trapped in cave as it fills with water
Panic sets in as getting wedged on a radged rock inside a narrow tube underground, while its filling with water, is a proper stupid thing to do… Worst caving experience ever….
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Winter swimming competitor dies
Read Yle An elderly Russian swimmer who participated in the World Winter Swimming Championship in Rovaniemi, northern Finland has passed away. The man competed in the 450-metre endurance race in the 70 – 74-year old age group. The veteran Russian swimmer took ill while competing while competing during the competition’s opening day on March 20.…
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Lovemaking lands bottomless woman at bottom of well
See The Local via Arbroath Spanish daily ABC reported that the Ciudad Real woman had been having sexual relations with a man when the cover on a waterwheel well shaft became dislodged. She plunged 10 metres into the hole near ‘Playa Park’ – a waterpark popular with local youths as a venue for romantic liaisons…
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Police officers held drowning bull’s head above water for 3 hours
See ABC Action News, via Arbroath “I saw big nostrils going underwater and staying underwater with water blowing out,” Ammons said. An animal lover herself, she didn’t hesitate to jump into the retention pond to rescue the bull. “I stripped everything off that the sheriff’s office really cares about,” she joked. “And then I got…