Category: Safety
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Zimbabwean commandos swim Atlantic for 3 hours after training exercise goes wrong
Read New Zimbabwe, allAfrica, Nehanda Radio, News24 Five Zimbabwean commandoes swam the shark-infested Atlantic Ocean off the Namibian coast for more than three hours to save their lives after a training exercise went horribly wrong. According to the latest ZNA magazine, the five soldiers were part of a SADC Special Forces training exercise in October…
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Parents Love The Houston Swim Programs At Texas Swim Academy
See texasswimacademy.com Texas Swim Academy mom Ufuoma enrolled her son in the infant aquatics program and was immediately impressed with the one-on-one attention he received and the incredible progress he showed. At only two years old, Ufuoma’s son not only has the ability to float and move around in the water confidently, but he also…
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5 Polar Plunge Tips for Jimmy Fallon: Arctic Swimmer Lewis Pugh Shares His Advice
Read National Geographic “It sounds like a nightmare,” Fallon said during The Tonight Show on February 26. “It’s freezing in Chicago right now.” Okay @RahmEmanuel I’m in. Lake Michigan will have a New York fish this weekend. #SwimmyFallon — jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) February 24, 2014 What should Fallon expect and how can he prepare for…
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Toddler pulled from Anthem backyard pool pronounced dead
See azfamily.com A 2-year-old boy has died after being pulled from a backyard swimming pool in Anthem, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. […] Emergency responders received a 9-1-1 call around 6 p.m. about a child found unresponsive in a swimming pool. It is estimated the boy’s mother lost track of him for about…
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Lima and Papa Companies – Swim Qualification – Feb. 24, 2014
Recruits of Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, learn about basic water survival Feb. 24, 2014, at the recruit training pool on Parris Island, S.C. Water survival qualification, which is a graduation requirement, includes swimming 25 meters, treading water for four minutes, jumping into water from a 10-foot…
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Texas Game Wardens dive into extreme swimming lessons
See KVUE Imagine trying to stay afloat wearing 20 pounds of gear. If you’re a Texas Game Warden drowning while patrolling the water is a very real danger. That’s why some Texas Game Wardens took an extreme swimming lesson recently.
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Swimming coach loses appeal to clear her name
Read Dorset Echo A swimming coach has lost her appeal against a conviction for assaulting a child. Janet Hewitt, the former head coach of the West Dorset Warriors, wept as she was told by Judge Peter Johnson today that the appeal had been dismissed following a hearing at Bournemouth Crown Court. Judge Johnson said: “I’m…
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Brave Swede strips down to his underpants in order to rescue duck from chilly lake
Between this and the cat rescue the other day, it has been a big week for Swedish pet lifeguards. See Nothing To Do With Arbroath Kenth Rehn, 38, was out for a stroll in Kneippen, Sweden, when he saw a mallard caught by a fishing hook. So he jumped into a lake and rescued the…
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Girl gets slapped in the face by a whale
We went whale watching on the Baja this weekend, for an excursion as a part of the Live Different Academy program (www.livedifferent.com), and unfortunately, Chelsea got smacked in the head by a whale’s tail. Luckily, she was fine and we got it on video!