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Category: Safety

  • Call for prop guards after swimmer’s hand nearly severed

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    A northern California man’s left hand was partially severed after being struck by an escort boat during the Maui Channel swim last Saturday. There is a call for mandatory propeller guards in the US as in Australia and Singapore, which critics again say slow down a boat’s performance. Read more here on khon2.com.

  • 12-year-old survives being under water for 15 minutes

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    A month ago, 12-year-old Dale Ostrander was pulled lifeless from a beach in southwest Washington after being under water for 15 minutes. Today, he is walking and dressing himself, frustrated that he cannot communicate properly yet, but still remembering his dog, his sisters and movies he’s watched. Via seattlepi.com video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

  • Extraordinary Laoyncang tidal waves injure 20 spectators in China

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    Around 40,000 people were watching the tides at the Laoyancang dam of the Qiantang River in east China, when the biggest return tide in nine years destroyed the barriers, washing out about 100 tourists, security guards, a reporter and a car. Twenty people were injured, including nine with serious injuries. Read for instance crienglish.com and…

  • Shane Dorian working on an inflatable wetsuit

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    After a brush with death and nearly drowning two years ago, big wave surfer Shane Dorian began working on a wetsuit that could be instantly inflated, bringing the user back to the surface. Still only a prototype, it works by pulling a cord so that a CO2 cartridge will fill the bubble, with only drawbacks…

  • 7 tips to avoid a shark attack

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    Always nice to know … Do not go in the water at dawn or dusk; everything is in the shark’s favor. Shark attacks around midday are very rare. Avoid large groups of seals or sea lions, or if you see these creatures on the beach or near the shoreline, beware. If you are bleeding, including…

  • Rip tides sweep a bunch of charity swimmers out to sea

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    A 3.8 km open water charity race on Sunday round Joss Bay in Kent could according to the BBC have ended as “a very serious problem”, when “up to 80 people” were swept out to sea and had to be rescued, some of them nearly two hours after the incident. Only a few swimmers managed…

  • Man killed in freak 2-car swimming pool accident

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    70-year-old Efrain N. Carrasquillo was working on a car last Thursday in the carport of a home in Orlando, when the car slipped into gear, pushing him and another vehicle parked directly behind him into the pool. The vehicle either sandwiched Carrasquillo or he was dragged, but other than that it was unclear exactly how…

  • Gemma Spofforth breaks nose and toe in bicycling accident

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    Britain’s Olympic medal hope Gemma Spofforth fell of her bike yesterday evening, breaking her toe and nose in the fall. They are keeping her at the hospital overnight in case she has a concussion. Looking at the picture, she might have broken a front tooth too, poor girl. Doing much better!! Keeping me in over…

  • Record number of drownings, shame on us

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    This is just wrong, cities across the United States are experiencing record drownings this summer, despite efforts to raise awareness about water safety and the importance of life-saving swimming lessons. We should know better, the safety tips are simple, and our possibilities to spread them are better than ever. Read what Cullen Jones has to…