A Naples mother is starting the new year with a commitment to keep your child from drowning. A new program with an unique approach to protect your children around water is coming to Southwest Florida.
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New program teaches people from overseas swim safety | Today Show Australia
Life Saving Victoria has introduced a new swimming program to help people from overseas about water safety.
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Finding our Freedom Under a Frozen Lake
Some of us look at a frozen lake and see an inky blackness that should be avoided at all costs. But there are others who look at that layer of ice and see an opportunity to explore an obscure world, both in the lake and within themselves.
After cutting a hole into the surface, these freedivers lower themselves into the darkness of the waters below, and with just one breath in their lungs, they dive; pushing their bodies and minds to blissful extremes as they float under a frozen ceiling.
Surely, there has to be a pay off to doing something this extreme. Let’s dive in with them and see what drives them to these waters, shall we?
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Costa Del Sol: Pastor father and two children who drowned in hotel pool ‘could not swim’
A British evangelical pastor and his two children have been named as the victims of the pool tragedy in the Costa del Sol, as their family revealed they could not swim.
Gabriel Diya, 52, and his son Praise-Emmanuel Diya, 16, are thought to have died as they tried to rescue Comfort Diya, nine, from a resort pool on Christmas Eve.
The horrifying scenes were witnessed by the children’s mother, Olubunmi, 49, and sibling Favour, 14, who had been in the water with her sister moments earlier.
The surviving family are believed to have told Spanish police that their relatives did not know how to swim, except for Comfort, who had “some ideaâ€.
Mr Diya was a respected pastor who led Open Heavens London, an evangelical place of worship in Erith, south-east London, which claims to part of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, founded in Nigeria.
A witness described how Mr Diya’s wife stayed calm and prayed while CPR was performed on her husband and children.
It is believed the children attended school in the capital, but Praise-Emmanuel travelled on a US passport as the family visited the Club La Costa World resort near Fuengirola.
Spanish police have since allowed the swimming pool to reopen, despite fears the pump system may have trapped the three victims in the water.
Read for instance The Telegraph and The Express
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Rescue swimmer awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for swimming through hell to rescue 59 others
He swam at night through 80 knot winds, ripped through a roof without the aid of a chainsaw and was repeatedly hoisted more than 100 feet into the air while battling turbulence and dangerous power lines around him as he aided in the rescue of 59 others in Houston, Texas, as Hurricane Harvey battered the area in August 2017.
For his heroic feats during Harvey, Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler Gantt, a Coast Guard aviation survival technician, or rescue swimmer, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross — the U.S. military’s oldest aviation award for heroism in flight — during a ceremony in December at the Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama.
His exploits in the rescue of 59 were detailed in award citation the Coast Guard posted in a news release. Two others, Coast Guard Cmdr. Scott Sanborn and Lt. John Briggs also were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their heroism in response to Hurricane Harvey, a news release detailed.
Read Military Times
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Competition + Race Footage | Cody Miller Vlogs
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Save The Date: Nordic Open Masters 2-4 October 2020
See the event landing page, ssf.fo/nordic-open-masters-2020/
Here below are some photos from the 2015 edition of this meet, held also in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
And here is an interesting and relevant offer from our local airline
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Cavan Icebreakers 52th Annual Christmas Day Swim 2019 Annagh Lake Butlersbridge Co Cavan
Cavan Icebreakers celebrated their 52th Annual Christmas Day Swim 2019 Annagh Lake Butlersbridge Co Cavan. Up to 100 people attended the event over 70 people took part in the swim.
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How To Plan A Swim Workout | Structure Your Next Swimming Session
So many swimmers jump in the pool and swim back and forth without a plan. If you’re looking to improve your swimming, this is certainly not the best way to train! You want to be following specific workouts, so Mark is going to be showing you how to design and structure your own swim workout!