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Category: Safety

  • Marine dies during water skills test at Camp Pendleton

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    Read Marine Corps Times A junior Marine died this week in a swimming pool at Camp Pendleton, Calif., while completing a water skills test, Marine Corps officials said this week. Pfc. Joshua Islam, 18, of Union County N.C., was participating in an intial screening at School of Infantry-West as a precursor to the Marines’ physically…

  • Two children rescued from icy pond in Gaithersburg, third dies from cold

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    See ABC7 Three Gaithersburg boys, all between ten and 12 years old, were yanked from a bitter cold retention pond Monday afternoon. On Monday evening, it was confirmed that the 10-year-old in critical condition has died. Around 4:15 p.m., an eyewitness called 911 to report seeing the trio plunge through a thin sheet of ice…

  • Swimming Mad Huey fends off 10-foot tiger shark with a bird cage

    Swimming Mad Huey fends off 10-foot tiger shark with a bird cage

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    Right, so ‘Aussie adrenaline junkies‘ Shaun and twin brother Dean Harrington had decided to go cage diving with sharks for an extreme video shoot for the surfing and fishing clothing label The Mad Hueys, when this happened. “We were just having fun but it turned crazy.” Not using a proper shark cage, but a AUS$50…

  • Passenger captures fatal plane crash into ocean, wild selfie

    Passenger captures fatal plane crash into ocean, wild selfie

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    See PetaPixel On December 11th, Ferdinand Puentes captured many people’s worst nightmare on video: his plane making an emergency water landing. Puentes enjoys capturing takeoffs and landings, and so his GoPro was already rolling on that fateful day when something very bad happened to the single engine of the small plane in which he was…

  • CCFR takes a chilly swim to demonstrate ice safety

    CCFR takes a chilly swim to demonstrate ice safety

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    See ktoo.org The only truly safe ice in Juneau is at the Treadwell Arena. That’s one of the lessons from Saturday’s ice safety workshop. A full house packed the Mendenhall Visitor’s Center auditorium this weekend to learn about ice safety. The hour and a half workshop was made up of a slideshow and video of…

  • Swimming Safety Message From Uncle Robert

    Swimming Safety Message From Uncle Robert

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    “Uncle Robert gets scolded by a life guard for swimming in a section of the beach that he wasn’t supposed to be swimming at and Uncle Robert follows with a message about swimming safety. This event with Uncle Robert occurred toward the end of the summer season of 2012.” Swimming Safety Message From Uncle Robert…

  • Safety Week at Goldfish Swim School

    Safety Week at Goldfish Swim School

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    “Four times a year, Goldfish Swim School holds Safety Week at all locations. While we always stress the importance and teaching of water safety skills here at Goldfish, during these special four weeks, we pull out all the stops! All classes focus on special safety techniques, like the octopus and sea otter floats, treading water,…

  • Lifesaving And Lunges: Swim PT For Legs

    Lifesaving And Lunges: Swim PT For Legs

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    “Mix in a leg pt day with swimming and a vital skill. After this – finish with 1000-1500m of swimming with fins.”

  • Fox Company – Swim Qualification – Jan. 6, 2014

    Fox Company – Swim Qualification – Jan. 6, 2014

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    “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.…