Category: Safety
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Missing tourist found in LA hotel’s water tank
Read for instance The Huffington Post British tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said water had only dribbled out of the taps at the downtown Cecil Hotel for days. On Tuesday, after showering, brushing their teeth and drinking some of the tap water, they headed down to the lobby and found out why. The body…
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Emily Seebohm Interview — Swim Kids Operation 10,000
Olympian Emily Seebohm chats about her experience at Palm Beach Aquatic Centre as part of the 2013 Swim Kids Operation 10,000 events.
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Freediving Could Lead To “Drowning at the Surfaceâ€
Read CBS Miami “They both told me that they saw a really bright light,†remembered Julie. “David said mom it was like looking into a welder’s torch. It was so bright! And uh… I think they were teetering on the edge of life and death. And their friends brought them back and I just believe…
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Eamon Sullivan Interview — Swim Kids Operation 10,000
Olympian Eamon Sullivan chats about his experience at Corowa Swimming Pool as part of the 2013 Swim Kids Operation 10,000 events.
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High School Swimmer Saves Teammate’s Life During Practice
Read wkbw.com. The way I see it, they shouldn’t have been doing those dangerous drills, especially since only one had received life saving training. But happy story nevertheless. Charlie Cain, 17, never thought he would need the life saving training he received from the American Red Cross. He took the lifeguarding class in preparation for…
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Man bets official $32,000 he won’t swim China’s polluted Ruian river
Read globalpost A Chinese entrepreneur from Zhejiang offered a senior official of the local Communist Party about $32,000 to swim in a polluted river for 20 minutes. “If the environmental protection bureau chief dares to swim in [Ruian’s] river for 20 minutes, I will pay [him] 200,000 yuan,†Jin posted on Weibo, the South China Morning…
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Victim of swim coach’s sexual misconduct, perseveres to become Kiwanis Scholarship winner
Read Indy Star Laura Weiss had always known she wanted to be a top swimmer, possibly an Olympian. But that dream was crushed –– at least temporarily –– when she became a victim of sexual misconduct. She was 14 at that time, a freshman at Lawrence North High School, when her then-36-year-old swimming coach sexually…