Category: Safety
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Pete Peterson: The ex-POW teaching Vietnam to swim
Truly awesome story here on the BBC More than 30 years after being stripped, bound and paraded through countless Vietnamese villages, Pete Peterson returned to the country as America’s ambassador. While there, he shook the hands of his captors – and began a mission to save the lives of young swimmers.
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Oh crap, elderly man falls into toilet pit and spends hour swimming in shite
Read NY Daily News Relatives didn’t immediately notice the senior citizen was missing from the tourist hot spot of Carters Lake in northwest Ga. By that time he had fallen into toilet pit and spent an hour covered in waste.
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Swimming Marine Corps style
“Romney Smith takes you inside the Marine Corps Logistics Base for a closer view of what the military does in and around Albany, Georgia.”
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Chapman News: Swim Coach Dusenbury Banned For Life
“A former Mission Viejo Nadadores swim coach has been banned for life by swimming’s national governing body after he had an inappropriate relationship with a female teenage swimmer. Daniel Dusenbury, was banned by USA Swimming after officials obtained a DVD filled with explicit details of their long-term sexual relationship. The team’s officials commented that as…
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Girl, 3, nearly drowns in backyard swimming pool
See azfamily.com A 3-year-old girl nearly drowned in a backyard swimming pool on Saturday, according to officials with the Phoenix Fire Department. It happened at a home in west Phoenix near 55th Avenue and Thomas Road. The girl is reportedly in extremely critical condition at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
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Swim team honoring boy killed by father
Read and watch WSVN-TV An 11-year-old boy who was the victim of a senseless tragedy, will be honored by his swim team this weekend. His swim team with take part in a 12-hour swimming marathon to honor the little boy’s life that was taken too soon. Eleven-year-old Stefan Zuniga was shot and killed by his…
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Joseph’s Story – Swim Kids Operation 10000
“Follow 7 year old Joseph on his journey as he learns to swim and be safe in the water, mentored by Olympian Cate Campbell and Paralympian Matt Cowdrey. In Australia, drowning remains one of the leading causes of preventable death in children. Unfortunately, while many children are learning valuable swimming and water safety skills, alarmingly…
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O.C. swim coach Ad’m Dusenbury banned for life; other coach resigns
Read the Orange County Register Former Mission Viejo Nadadores coach Daniel Ad’m Dusenbury has been banned for life by swimming’s national governing body after acknowledging having an inappropriate relationship with a female teenage Nadadores swimmer, the Orange County Register has learned. Another prominent Orange County swim coach, Bill Jewell, has resigned his coaching position at…