Category: Safety
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Nation Update: Elderly Learning to Swim | The Nation Barbados
After being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the National Elderly Swimming Programme began on July 18 this year. It will run until September 24 and it is being held at Brownes Beach, St Michael.
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Oklahoma 10-Year-Old Boy Saves Mother Who Had Seizure While Swimming in Pool: ‘True Hero’ | FOX News
An Oklahoma 10-year-old boy saved his mother when she had a seizure while swimming in a pool on Aug. 5. Security video captures the moment when Gavin Keeney leaped into action and jumped into the pool to bring his mother to safety when she was having the medical episode. Gavin pulled his mother, Lori Keeney, to the…
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Lifeguard Saves Swimmer, Retrieves Prosthetic Leg From the Depths | WPRI
Dakota Bryson spent an hour searching for the prosthetic outside of Windjammer Surf Bar.
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Family of 4-Year-Old Who Drowned During Swim Lesson Pushing for New Laws | WJBF
Georgia laws currently don’t address swim lessons in private pools though there are regulations for schools and daycares.
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Queens Kids Living in Shelters Receive Free Swimming Lessons | PIX11 News
Knowing how to swim is an essential life skill that isn’t easily accessible to everyone, so on Tuesday at The Rockaway Hotel, children from Queens shelters received free swimming lessons to help them learn a new survival skill.
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Turlock High School Student Drowns in School Swimming Pool | CBS Sacramento
A Turlock High School student jumped a locked fence on campus to get to the pool. The pool was said to be 12 feet deep.
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Seaside Fire Crews Rescue 16 Swimmers Over the Weekend | KGW News
Multiple rip tides and other hazards put many swimmers in harm’s way. One man in his 50s died after being rescued.
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Indiana Dunes Beach Closes to Swimming Due to Lifeguard Shortage | FOX 32 Chicago
If you’re trying to find a way to cool off this weekend in Northwest Indiana, you may need to look for a location other than Indiana Dunes State Park.
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Grown Women Swim Is Building a New Generation of Adult Swimmers | ABC24 Memphis
ABC24’s Zaria Oates spoke with Grown Women Swim, which is trying to decrease adult drownings by offering swimming lessons to those 18 and older.