A 10-year-old boy may have died while saving his 11-year-old sister after the children were swept into the Passaic River, according to the city’s mayor.
Divers recovered the boy’s body shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday, while crews resumed their search Thursday morning for a third child, a 10-year-old girl who remains missing.
Passaic Mayor Hector Lora said the surviving girl told him her brother helped save her life as the children struggled in the water.
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A swimming programme aimed at improving athlete development, reducing burnout and promoting Barbados as a sports tourism destination has won the support of Minister of Sports and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith.
The New Wave Swim School initiative, led by head coach and owner Akilah Lashley, was highlighted during a meet-and-greet at the Barbados Aquatic Centre, where swimmers attending a recent summer clinic trained with visiting coach Kyle Dougan, head coach of Black Sands Swim Squad and the national swim team of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The programme brings experienced regional coaches to Barbados, giving local swimmers access to high-level technical training without travelling overseas, while encouraging collaboration among local clubs.
It caters to swimmers aged nine to 18, including national representatives and aspiring national athletes.
Minister Griffith praised the initiative and said it could become a model for other sporting organisations, adding that Government could consider supporting future editions as part of its sports tourism programme.
He also said the initiative has the potential to expand with Barbados’ planned new swimming facilities, attracting more regional athletes and establishing the island as a premier destination for swim development.
Nearly three years of Israeli bombardment have left hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza without homes, schools or safe spaces to play. In Deir al Balah, swimming coach Amjed Tantesh and a team of volunteers have built makeshift pools from sandbags and rubble on the beach, offering children a rare escape from displacement and loss. The initiative, founded in memory of Tantesh’s brother Bahjat, killed in an Israeli attack last year, also teaches vital swimming skills to youngsters who have never learned to swim despite living by the sea.
Al Jazeera’s Moath Al Kahlout reports from Deir el-Balah, Gaza.
Thousands of migrants had streamed into the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta in North Africa from Morocco, prompting local officials to call for help from Spain’s national government in Madrid to restore the border. It was not immediately clear what prompted so many migrants to cross to Ceuta.
Dr. Margaret Noonan, an emergency room doctor, is trading in her scrubs for a wetsuit Saturday.
Swim Across the Sound is coming up this weekend. It’s an event that helps support cancer care for families and patients.
The annual tradition went off without a hitch.
Ilya Kharun wins Men’s 100M Butterfly at the 2026 Toyota National Championships. Caeleb Dressel and Rowan Cox take second and third.
