Category: Safety
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8-year-old boy survives hours at sea thinking of mum and dad and “swim, swim, swim and don’t stopâ€
Read news.com.au Isiah Andrew, was holidaying in the Solomon Islands’ capital Honiara, when flash flooding associated with Cyclone Ita tore through hundreds of homes killing 17 people, with 30 still missing and thousands homeless. “I was shocked to see how fast the river rose. I could not run anywhere because the house was surrounded with…
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Whoops, Dutch reporter falls overboard during interview
An interview with Kampen mayor Bort Koelewijn literally goes overboard, when the reporter misjudges the support of the rigging. But the mayor is quick on his feet, and offers the lovely lady first his mayoral chain, and then a maybe more appropriate life buoy. Sound guy is nice too :-) See for instance nieuws.nl
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Human remains found in search for woman ‘taken’ by large shark in Australia
See CNN A cap and goggles belonging to a 63-year-old woman presumed to have been “taken” by a large shark while swimming off the coast of Australia have been found, along with human remains, police said Friday. The search for Christine Armstrong was ongoing Friday morning, New South Wales Police said in a statement. Armstrong…
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New Philly pools rules require kids to swim a length before going in the deep end
See nbc10.com A tragic child drowning at a Philadelphia Parks and Recreation pool last year will mean stricter rules for young swimmers who visit city pools this summer. The biggest change:Â all camp swimmers will have to swim from one end of the pool to the other before they’ll be allowed in the deep end. On…
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Body found in bottom of Mesa swimming pool
Read myFoxPhoenix.com Mesa firefighters say the body of a man has been found at the bottom of an apartment complex swimming pool near Dobson Road and the U.S. 60. Mesa Fire Department spokesman Dean Morales says crews responded to the complex at 3 a.m. Sunday after a resident walking by noticed a person in the…
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Swim lessons are essential
Read okcfox With temps heating up, you may have your sights set on the swimming pool. It won’t be long before your kids will be begging to cool off and splash around. But before they do, there’s an important warning from safety experts, as our state is third in the nation in the number of…
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63-year-old woman killed by shark during daily swim
Read for instance CTV News and see Brisbane Times A large shark killed a woman near her terrified husband and friends as they took their daily morning swim Thursday off a popular Australian east coast beach, police said. Christine Armstrong, 63, was taken by the shark as she attempted to swim the 600 metres between…
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Terrifying video of man trapped in cave as it fills with water
Panic sets in as getting wedged on a radged rock inside a narrow tube underground, while its filling with water, is a proper stupid thing to do… Worst caving experience ever….