Category: Safety
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New Law Creates Swim Vouchers For Low-income Families | WCTV Eyewitness News
Under a new law, the state health department will offer free swimming lessons for low-income families with children 4 and younger.
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Local 10 Editorial: Swim South Florida Campaign Aimed To Raise Awareness, Save Lives | WPLG Local 10
Florida leads the nation in child drownings. We are surrounded by beautiful bodies of water and it’s why swim safety is more than a story. It’s a priority for us.
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Migrants Learn To Swim After Surviving Crossing | Al Jazeera
In the first five months of this year, over 5,000 migrants have lost their lives attempting to reach Spain by sea. On the Spanish island of Tenerife, young survivors of one of the deadliest maritime crossings are now receiving swimming lessons to help them cope with their trauma.
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World Drowning Prevention Day 2024 | Health and Family
Every year nearly a quarter of a million people lose their lives to drowning, and almost 82 000 of them are children aged 1 to 14 years. Drowning is sudden, abrupt, and shocking, with people often not realizing it’s happening until it’s too late. What leads to drowning often happens in just a few seconds:…
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New York City Nonprofit Provides Free Swimming Lessons To Underserved Communities | Voice of America
In an effort to prevent drownings and give kids a chance to learn how to play safely in water, Rising Tide Effect teaches youth how to swim in a pool as well as an ocean. June Hsu and Rendy Wicaksana report.
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Drone Technology Used To Rescue Distressed Swimmers | CBS Evening News
The fire department in Oak Island, North Carolina, is one of the few in the nation using drone technology to help rescue swimmers who get stranded in the Atlantic Ocean. The drones are equipped with infrared to spot distressed swimmers, and emergency responders can communicate instructions through a speaker. Manuel Bojorquez has more.
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Toddler, Teens Among Three Separate Drowning Incidents | WSMV 4 Nashville
Teen dies in one of three reported drownings in two days in Robertson County.
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Missing Swimmer Found Dead Near Madeira Beach Identified As 31-year-old Man | 10 Tampa Bay
A swimmer who disappeared Monday evening in the Gulf of Mexico has been found dead, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said. The search began at 6:12 p.m. Monday after authorities got reports of a man in distress in the water off John’s Pass. Deputies say 31-year-old Hector Colon and his roommate, 34-year-old Angel Nunez, were…
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How Gaza Swimming Club Founders Help Members Flee War | The Project
Mo Saleh helped launch Gaza’s first-ever Nippers in 2023 after training to become a lifeguard on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. But nine months on, he and his family are in limbo after fleeing from Gaza.