First responders raced against the clock to bring a swimmer back to life. Video shows the moment a man was pulled from the water and how quickly first responders sprang into action. FOX 35’s Chris Lindsay spoke with some of those heroes who helped save the swimmer.
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Swim Clinic in Southern California Empowers Youth With Disabilities | CBS 8 San Diego
Seven year old Hiro Sakamoto has been swimming in a pool of challenges his whole life but has never been one to let his disability slow him down.
Hiro’s mom Kalyn Sakamoto said he was diagnosed in utero, but the full picture was unclear at the time.
“We knew that he was going to have some limb differences,” she said. “Obviously you can’t see very clearly what they would be. We decided to just let things go and we would see what happens at birth.”
Hiro and his mom Kalyn visited Oceanside from Pasadena for the adaptive swim clinic, an event put together by the Ironman Foundation and the Challenged Athletes Foundation for young athletes with special needs.
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Growing Backlog of Swimming Classes in Australia Proving Deadly | ABC News (Australia)
Following one of Victoria’s deadliest summers for drownings, there are growing calls for more swimming classes targeted towards vulnerable communities.
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Guests Rescue Boy From Pool at Suburban Chicago Hotel | CBS Chicago
“I was doing compressions, you know breaths, and he started foaming, and I could hear a bunch of water in his lungs.”
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Ben Proud Reacts to 21.25 50m Freestyle | Propulsion Swimming
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Water Polo Athlete Encourages Young Black Canadians to Try the Sport | CityNews
“I’m inspired to be the role model,” says Jason Joseph, 17-year-old water polo athlete who is encouraging young Black Canadians to make a splash in the sport. Pamela Pagano reports.
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Anxious Dog Goes Swimming For The First Time | Wonderful World of Puppies | BBC Earth
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Fung Finds New Life With Help From “Swim With Mike” | KCAL News
After being left paralyzed by a drunk driver, USC senior Natalie Fung had to re-learn many of the basics of life. With help from the Swim with Mike Foundation – now in its 43rd year – Natalie finished her degree & is about to earn her masters
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This Colossal Tank Is Key to Paris’s Olympics Infrastructure | WSJ
Paris has just months before hosting the 2024 Olympic Games, where athletes are set to dive head first into the Seine River. The body of water runs through the heart of the French capital and is a hub for pollution and fecal bacteria, released directly from the city’s sewer system. So how do French politicians plan to clean-up the river before the summer Olympics?