Two men thrown into the water when their boat capsized during overnight storms managed to survive after swimming a mile to shore.
The men, aged 51 and 48, were sleeping on the anchored boat on Big Kandiyohi Lake, south of Willmar, when turbulent weather rolled in during the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Nine people were injured after a tree came crashing down as a result of a lightning strike at a swim club in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on Sunday.
It happened just before 5 p.m. at the Dolphin Swim Club located on the 200 block of West Bristol Road in Feasterville.
Authorities said a tree crashed onto a tent pavilion injuring two adults and seven children. Lightning struck the tree moments before the incident.
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Humans stand by filming the thing :-P
A group of migrants have tried to swim from their aid boat to the shore of the Italian island Lampedusa.
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This is a short video of life in a nutshell starring a woman somewhere tropical trying to jump onto a pool float but the wind catching it right as she’s jumping, causing her to bellyflop.
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Four area lifeguards are being called heroes for their intuition and expertise during an emergency at Wellington Aquatics Complex that had nothing to do with the water.
Twice a week you’ll see Christina Martinez supporting her two sons, both members of the dive team.
â€It builds their confidence and it teaches them about competition,†said Martinez.
But on Aug. 9 the lifeguards would respond to an emergency out of the water. Her 20-month old daughter was sitting in her lap on the side of the pool while watching her brothers when she had an atypical febrile seizure.
â€I took her over to the shade and then I called 911,†Martinez.
But four lifeguards led by Coy Davies, a program coordinator, had already sprung into action. Within a minute-and-a-half of the child’s seizure, the lifeguards were aware and alert to what was happening.
â€Coy brought the baby inside and hooked her into oxygen,†said Wellington Aquatics Complex supervisor, Theodore Etter. â€We have a tremendous staff that is trained at the top of the level of life guarding.â€
â€I was so grateful that the seizure happened here because if it didn’t happen here I don’t know what would have happened with her,†added Martinez.
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The history of a wild swimming club, hidden in the heart of Bristol’s suburbia, has been published to mark its 100th year.
Henleaze Swimming Club was set up in a flooded quarry in 1919 following a spate of drownings the year before.
Alumni include actor David Prowse who played Darth Vader in Star Wars.
“It’s surprising how many people who’ve lived in Bristol all their lives don’t know about it,” said Janet Cocks, 87, whose parents were founder members.
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