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  • cathy-crawleyRead Brampton Guardian

    Cathy Crawley didn’t let distance stop her from supporting her ill mother this Christmas.

    As her mother, Barbara, learned she had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this month, Cathy was part way through an internship in rural Uganda, and not able to return to Canada.

    So to raise funds for cancer research and with only one week of preparation, Cathy touched off of the rocky shore of Robben Island on Thursday, where the late Nelson Mandela was held captive for 17 years during apartheid, and swam to the shores of Western Cape.

    “I never swam in ocean waters before,” Cathy said. She swam with the Guelph Marlins for 10 years as a child.

    http://youtu.be/3KGhqnJvUJw

    She completed the 7.5 kilometre swim in two hours and 15 minutes. Though not outright cold, the 14 C water had a numbing effect on her over time.

    “If she can do six months of chemotherapy, surely I can swim in cold waters for two hours,” Cathy said.

    Support her fundraiser here on cancer.ca

  • Amazing video found here on DIY Photography

    Director Scott Rhea was hired to create a spectacle for the Flux art event at SoHo House in Hollywood. He took a Phantom camera underwater and shot this amazing footage. The combination of underwater which naturally gives an ethereal feel with the slow motion is mesmerizing.

    SCOTT RHEA underwater installation for FLUX from scott rhea on Vimeo.

  • “A couple of clips filmed from a Phantom Vision Drone.”

    2013 Mike Moyle Xmas swim. Bude SLSC. from Large on Vimeo.

  • “Every year, more than 17,000 children die from drowning in Bangladesh. It is the leading cause of death among youth. Bangladesh is one of the world’s poorest, most densely-populated countries, and many families live in rural areas with abundant access to ponds, streams, and rivers.

    Dr. Aminur Rahman discovered the alarming numbers in 2005 when he teamed up with a number of international NGOs to uncover the causes of youth deaths. Upon seeing how prevalent drowning was, he started “SwimSafe,” a program that uses volunteers and on-site water bodies to teach children to swim and rescue.

    Since 2005, more than 315,000 children have been taught to swim, with a 96 percent effectiveness rate.”

    Dangerous waters: Youth drowning rates in Bangladesh from Elliot deBruyn on Vimeo.

  • “A video showing lights hovering over a pool is the talk of Naples. Residents say they have never seen anything like it and experts aren’t sure either.”

    http://youtu.be/QdRGEmNqsFs

  • “Nathan Adrian: an Olympic athlete, swimmer from Bremerton, WA raises the 12th Man Flag before the start of the Seattle Seahawks vs. Arizona Cardinals NFL game on 12/22/13.”

  • Read The Columbian

    When Carter Coval saw a boy floating face down in the water Friday night, he first thought the boy was playing.

    But when the 17-year-old lifeguard at Lakeshore Athletic Club had a nearby swimmer nudge the boy and he didn’t move, Coval sprung into action.

    “I didn’t have to think a lot, it was mostly automatic,” Coval said. “I did what I knew how to do to save the boy.”

  • See 11abc

    The number of cases of a disease caused by a swimming pool parasite has doubled since ABC11 first reported the outbreak.

    Now, at least 10 high school swim team members in Durham and Orange Counties have tested positive for Cryptosporidiosis, more commonly known as Crypto.

    A health official said there five confirmed cases in Durham, another five in Orange County, and four other likely cases.

    “It’s a water-borne illness. It is generally a diarrheal illness of short duration,” said Susan Thompson, of the Durham County Department of Public Health. “Symptoms are generally diarrhea but you can also have abdominal cramps and vomiting.”

    Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

  • Read HNGN

    A woman’s worst fears came true on Christmas Day when her fiancée and his teenage son did not return from a dive in a notoriously dangerous area of underwater caves, ABC News reported.

    The bodies of Darrin Spivey, 35, and his son, Dillon Sanchez, 15, were found in an underwater cave in an area known as Eagle Nest Sink in northwestern Hernando County in Florida on Wednesday night.

    Despite Spivey being a certified diver, he wasn’t certified to cave dive. His son was not certified to dive at all, friends told the Sheriff’s office. The two decided to make the trip after Sanchez received some new diving equipment for Christmas and wanted to test it out at Eagle Nest Sink.