Year: 2020
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Demonstrators Gather Outside YMCA Demanding Answers In Teen’s Drowning Death
Demonstrators gathered outside of a YMCA in La Canada Flintridge Monday evening to demand answers after a 19-year-old camp counselor drowned.
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Providence boy, 14, drowns at Beavertail State Park
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has identified a 14-year-old boy who drowned Sunday at Beavertail State Park.
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Mom pleads guilty in young son’s beach drowning death
The June drowning of a 6-year-old boy in Lake Michigan has resulted in a mother facing prison time. (Aug. 27, 2020) A mom has pleaded guilty to a felony child neglect charge after her son drowned in Lake Michigan this summer. (Aug. 27, 2020)
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Lone Channel swimmer found 500 metres off Dover after eight-hour search
A nearly eight-hour search for a person trying to swim from Dover to Calais unaccompanied has ended after he was spotted by a passing vessel. Emergency services launched a major operation to try to locate the male swimmer, who was eventually found just 500 metres off Dover. A helicopter and rescue teams were dispatched to the sea…
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Experts call for enhanced water safety, swimming curriculum after Changi Beach drowning incident
Experts in water safety and survival said the beaches in Singapore built on reclaimed land could spell trouble for people swimming there. The warning comes after a teenager drowned in waters off Changi Beach. The Singapore Civil Defence Force attended to 12 water-related incidents in the first half of 2020. In 2019, it responded to…
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With immigration proceedings indefinitely delayed, migrants drown attempting to cross the Rio Grande
With immigration proceedings indefinitely postponed by the coronavirus pandemic, some migrants are attempting to cross the Rio Grande illegally — and drowning.