Category: Safety
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19-year-old drowns at church outing
Read WLKY A central Kentucky teen has drowned while attending a church outing at Green River Lake State Park. Coroner Terry Dabney told media that 19-year-old Jose Zambrano of Lebanon was attending a baptismal and church picnic at the park on Sunday when he went into the water to try to retrieve some floatation devices…
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Kiwi sailor falls off yacht while urinating, swims three hours to safety
Read The Northern Advocate Todd Vercoe slogged for three hours through rough seas, thunderstorms, lightning and the threat of sharks. When he finally reached land he etched “SOS” in the sand with his foot in the hope rescuers would see his plea for help. It might sound like a scene from a castaway movie but…
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Mooresville woman bitten by shark while swimming with kids in SC
See wbtv.com A Mooresville woman is recovering after she was bitten by a shark while in the ocean near Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. Kimberly Popp says she was in the water about knee-deep on Tuesday afternoon at Coligny Beach when something hit her foot and she felt the bite. When she lifted her…
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Groomsmen rescue stricken fisherman off Australian coast
See BBC Groomsmen Dougal Grey and Clayton Deane rushed to rescue a fisherman in trouble, during the wedding of a friend of theirs. Bride and groom Jo-Anne and Aaron Easterbrook were taking part in a photoshoot off the coast of Queensland when they spotted the man in trouble.
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Aussie Surfers Save French Girl (and a guy)
From back in 2013. Wait for it! :-) http://youtu.be/evzSZKQLYAc
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Three Year Old Boy Nearly Drowns in Swimming Pool
See wxxv25.com A three year old boy had a close call on Monday. He nearly drowned in a swimming pool. Eye witnesses say one minute a small boy was playing and the next he was floating lifelessly in the pool just outside his apartment. It happened at around 2:30 p.m. Monday. According to the eyewitness,…
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Great White Shark Attacks Inflatable Boat
From back in April A Great White Shark attacked our boat last week in S.A. – a tough inflatable zodiac! One of the pontoons popped and it started to sink. Watch the amazing attack. http://youtu.be/SCUc3U8WVMo
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After tragedy, Lincoln family continues to help thousands learn water safety
See klkntv.com This June, it’ll be six years since the accidental death of Joshua Collingsworth. At two-and-a-half years old he drowned in his family pool. “We thought we had all the things in place to protect our son with the pool,” his mother Kathy said. “But, it was just a false sense of security.” In…
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Tragic Weekend: Two teens drown in Phoenix swimming pools
See myfoxphoenix.com There is so much focus on drowning prevention involving little ones that we do not often think of teenagers drowning especially in pools. But this weekend a terrible reminder as two teens drowned in pools; one at a home in West Phoenix and the other in the pool at an apartment complex. Everyone…