It was 12-yr-old Ailani Strong’s dream to see the ocean and go paddle boarding. Ailani is battling bone cancer and has gone through five rounds of chemotherapy. But she came all the way from Chicago to see the sea at Deerfield beach in Florida. Her diagnosis didn’t stop her from achieving her dream and learning how to paddle board.The fun in the sun was a moment for a Ailani to make a splash and dive in to what to means to just be a kid for a day.
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English Channel Swimmer Chats With Vern Glenn
Mill Valley’s Melissa Blaustein discusses her 21-mile journey from England to France. (7-9-18)
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Carmel Swim Coach in Custody Follow Up
Federal prosecutors want a now-former Carmel swim coach to stay in custody as he faces charges of child sexual exploitation and possession of child pornography.
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Paula Simons: A first swim in Edmonton’s natural outdoor pool
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The Long Swim
Oceans Campaigner Lewis Pugh aims to swim from Land’s End to Dover in 50 days.
How will he survive along this treacherous coastline?
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Thailand Cave rescue: 12 boys and their coach are out
The Navy Seal team in charge of the rescue says that the 12 boys and their coach who were trapped in the cave have been brought out, completing an extraordinary and arduous rescue operation that captivated the world.
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Three young siblings drown in France as summer swim warnings are issued
A sister and her two brothers drowned in a lake in France on Sunday during a deadly weekend in French waters forcing authorities to once again warn the public about the dangers of swimming this summer.
Three children from the same family died on Sunday after drowning in an artificial lake (see below) in the town of Chalon-sur-Saône in eastern France.
The three, a girl aged nine and her two brothers aged 10 and 13, had wanted to simply cool their legs in the lake but slipped down the steep bank into the water and were unable to get back out, according to reports in the French press.
The three, who reports say did not know how to swim, spent around an hour in the water where the temperature was just 10C.
Paramedics were called to scene but they were unable to resuscitate the three children.
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Thailand cave rescue: Third phase of operation is underway
Thai officials said Tuesday divers had begun their third trip into the cave in the hopes of bringing out the remaining five people trapped in the cave. Mauritius Bell, a diving instructor with San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences, joins CBSN to discuss what is involved with the rescue.
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Thailand Cave rescue: Eight boys now out of cave
A source has confirmed to the BBC that four more boys have been brought out of the cave complex today