Category: Safety
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“The Water Whisperer” teaches babies to swim
Emily Cohen, a.k.a “The Water Whisperer,” and her team have taught thousands of infants how to get used to being in the water at a very young age. KCBS’ Lisa Sigell reports from Sherman Oaks, California, see CBS News
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Nedbank : Small Business Friday with Ryk Neetling
Ryk Neethling is a four-time Olympian but has now turned his skill into a business. We talk to Ryk about how and why he started Swimming Stars, a swim school as well as his management of recent Olympic gold medallists Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos. We focus on a sportsman turning his…
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Dive team uses underwater communication system to save truck driver
A man who landed his semi-truck in the bottom of a canal in an accident Thursday morning is alive after being recued by two brave fire fighters. Getting the driver out wasn’t easy, thankfully Beasley and the rest of the dive team had their new underwater communication system which helped them maneuver and communicate in…
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New world record for highest freefall lifeboat
Norwegian lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has set a new freefall lifeboat record with its new generation FF1200 boat. The boat was successfully dropped from a freefall height of 60 meters, unmanned but loaded with seven tonnes to simulate the full capacity of 70 100kg people (read: average size of sailors ;-), as part of…
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Bride drowns during photo shoot when wedding dress pulls her into the river
Warning to all wedding photographers, a newly married Montreal-area women drowned this past Friday during a ‘trash the dress’ photo shoot in the Ouareau River. The 30-year-old woman stepped into water that was neither deep nor fast-flowing. However, her wedding dress soaked up the river water, making it extremely heavy. She then slipped on the…
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Cullen Jones has a PSA for black families
See GlobalGrind, Cullen Jones has a public service announcement for black families, to make sure their kids know how to swim. Also, he wants to date Zoe Saldana.
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Warning: Don’t swim with contact lenses
Mail Online via Geeks are Sexy The amoeba that affected this girl is actually pretty rare, but has fast-acting and severe consequences. However, there is also a more common bacteria called “Psuedomonas bacteria†that also lives in water and can destroy your sight in 24-36 hours. Thinking “it’s so rare, it’s likely never going to…
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Body of missing freediver Rebecca Weiss found
The body of freediver Rebecca Weiss, who went missing in California last weekend while on a dive, has been found. She was discovered floating in the water off the coast of the Palos Verdes Peninsula late Saturday, KNBC-TV reported. She apparently drowned, although the cause of death has not been officially determined. An autopsy is scheduled…
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Ian Thorpe supports the Join In weekend at Tooting Lido swimming pool
Olympian Ian Thorpe supports the Join In weekend at Tooting Lido swimming pool from Robert 'BoB' McGowan on Vimeo.