Category: Safety
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46-year-old Adam Strange killed by shark off New Zealand
Award-winning short film director Adam Strange was killed by a great white shark off the coast of New Zealand today, at Muriwai, a popular surfing beach near Auckland. Mr Strange, who has worked across the world, has made television commercials for companies such as Pepsi, Toyota and Samsung, and won a Crystal Bear award for best short…
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Former USA Swimming VP files complaint about screening
Read for instance ESPN and Stamford Advocate A former vice president at USA Swimming claims the organization’s new screening procedures failed to detect a coach with multiple identities and a felony conviction. Mike Saltzstein filed a complaint Monday asking for a review of a person known as James Pantera, who became involved with San Diego Imperial Swimming last…
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Irish swim coach and suspected pedophile George Gibney flees Florida home
Read Irish Central Alleged pedophile swimming coach George Gibney has fled his Florida home after a campaign by a local child protection agency. Former Irish national coach Gibney fled Ireland for America in 1994 after the collapse of a court action against him over the alleged sexual abuse of minors. The Irish Sun newspaper reports…
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Cal swim coach’s child sex abuse story profiled on Oprah network
Read Inside Bay Area Cal swim coach Kristen Cunnane will share her inspiring tale of surviving child sex abuse in the Moraga school district in an hour-long show on the Oprah Winfrey Network on Tuesday. Cunnane, who’s story was profiled by this newspaper a year ago, will be featured on “Our America with Lisa Ling”…
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High school swimmer dies during workout
Read Fox Sports West Tragedy struck the Studio City Harvard-Westlake campus on Friday when junior swimmer Justin Carr was involved in a “tragic swimming accident.” According to the Los Angeles Times, paramedics were called when Carr collapsed during a school workout. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Carr was…
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Swimmer hurt in misjudged cliff jump
Read stuff.co.nz A man is in hospital with multiple broken bones after jumping 15 metres from a cliff above the Waikanae River. The 21-year-old, believed to be of Paraparaumu, missed the water and landed on the riverbank about 6pm on Saturday. He broke bones in both legs, and suffered spinal injuries. He was reported to…
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English backpackers still swim in torrential storm at Coogee Beach
English backpackers make the best of torrential storm weather at Coogee Beach, Sydney
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Navy SEAL Goes Missing During Hawaii Ocean Swim
Read KPBS Crews are searching for a missing 34-year-old Navy SEAL who disappeared during an open ocean training mission near Kaena Point, Oahu on February 19. The SEAL is assigned to a Hawaii-based Naval Special Warfare unit.
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Ex-swim coach Rick Curl pleads guilty to sex abuse
Read The Washington Post Local former swim coach Rick Curl, whose namesake club became internationally renowned for its elite competitors, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of child sexual abuse involving one of his former swimmers, Kelley Currin, in the 1980s. Sentencing is set for May 23. Curl, 63, faces a maximum of 15 years in…