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Category: Safety

  • Pool safety expert says children should never swim alone

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    See KCBD The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say drowning is the second leading cause of death for children age one to 14 and is 14 times more likely to kill a child age four and under than an automobile accident. That’s why pool expert Stephan Lampman says parental presence is important. “You should…

  • Susan Taylor, 34, dies during English Channel charity swim

    Susan Taylor, 34, dies during English Channel charity swim

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    A shocking message from her sister here on their ‘Create a Ripple Channel Swim’ – Susan Taylor Facebook page Whilst attempting to swim the English Channel yesterday my sister, Susan collapsed suddenly in the water. She was immediately recovered from the water and treated on the support boat. She was then air lifted by helicopter to…

  • Man saves family by swimming five hours

    Man saves family by swimming five hours

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    Read University Chronicle A man from Maryland swam for five hours to find help for his family. The family was boating off the Eastern Shore of Maryland when their boat capsized during a strong storm John Franklin Riggs scaled rocks on the shoreline after dark and then knocked at the first house he found after…

  • Reedsport community supported free swimming lessons program doing well

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    See KCBY.com Knox Story, the district manager, says a series of drownings prompted the community to take action. “In 1953, there were three drownings in Reedsport in three separate incidents,” said Story. A short time later, a Reedsport resident privately funded the facility, which now provides free lessons for Kindergarten through sixth grade kids in…

  • Business man drowns when held underwater during course to ‘overcome his fear’

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    Read Shanghaiist Three men have been arrested after a company executive drowned in Guangzhou during an exercise in which he was repeatedly held underwater to help ‘overcome his fear’. The man, surnamed Huang, had paid 30,000 yuan for the training course. The three organisers have been held by police for accidentally causing the death of…

  • Family’s quest to make sure kids swim safe

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    Read and watch WGNtv.com The Boys & Girls Clubs swim camp on Chicago’s west side is one of ten across the country this year and is inspired by one family`s water tragedy. 6-year-old Zachary Cohn of Connecticut drowned in 2007 after getting caught in a pool drain. He is the namesake for the Zac Foundation…

  • 3 Tips on Swim Safety

    3 Tips on Swim Safety

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    “We try to make sure we have the swim vests on and be close and make sure that they are always in arms reach or side of the pool or with an adult in the ocean,” says mom Kristen Keffer. 3 Tips on Swim Safety from Lee Memorial Health System on Vimeo.

  • 15-year-old Imani Link rescues non-swimming mom, toddler from drowning

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    See nbc4i.com A middle-school-aged girl is being credited for rescuing a woman and her 3-year-old child who fell into the deep end of an apartment pool and began struggling. “I had 3-year-old Alexis in my arms. I slipped where the pool goes from five to 10 feet. I tossed my child to another person and…

  • Rip currents kill two swimmers in Florida

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    See wptv.com Two people have died after apparently getting caught in strong rip currents. Fourteen-year-old Dushay Morales of Winter Haven was swimming with his younger brother near Anna Maria Island when he disappeared Saturday afternoon. Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies discovered his body Sunday morning. In a separate incident, a 30-year-old man drowned while swimming…