More and more parents are signing up their kids for swim lessons where they are fully clothed. It’s to help children survive if they ever accidentally fall into the water. Swim instructor Morgan Harkness says if a child falls into the water fully clothed, they can easily panic and drown. Fully clothed 6-year-olds enrolled in Imagine Swimming in Brooklyn, New York, were ready to hit the pool to learn to swim. Inside Edition’s Alison Hall has more.
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Mother, Son Join Swim for Cancer Research | 23 ABC News | KERO
A 12-year-old and his mother are preparing for a swim to raise thousands of dollars for cancer research. It’s all part of the Swim Across America – Tampa Bay.
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State Lawmakers Give Initial Approval to Swim School Safety Bill | KSAT 12
A local mother’s effort to make Texas swim schools safer gets its first approval from state lawmakers.
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British Tourist Miraculously Survives Near-Fatal Swimming Mishap off Pattaya Coast | GMT
Video footage and photographs have emerged of a British tourist who came close to losing his life while swimming off the coast of Pattaya last month. The tourist, who remains unidentified, got into trouble while swimming and was able to make his way to a buoy, where he was eventually rescued by a passing fisherman in his boat.
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Howard University Swim Coach Honored With Drake Hero Award | Get Uplifted | WUSA9
Nicholas Askew leads the only HBCU with a swim team
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Sycamore Grad, Fellow Iu Student Missing After Going for Swim at Indiana Lake | Local 12
Two Indiana University students are missing after they went underwater at Lake Monroe Saturday. One of them is a Sycamore High School graduate.
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Freediver Poses With Hammerhead to Highlight Plastic Pollution | Cayman Compass
Cayman Islands underwater photographer Jason Washington and freediver Coral Tomascik have joined forces again this year with Inter Miami football team to spotlight the impact of plastics on the world’s oceans – and this time, they’re joined by a great hammerhead.
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Trash Collecting ‘Mermaid’ Breaks Swimming Record | Reuters
Merle Liivand, aka Mermaid Merle, broke a record by swimming 30 miles around Florida’s Biscayne Bay wearing a monofin, all the while collecting some 20 pounds of trash.
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‘I’m Speaking for Every Female Athlete’: Riley Gaines Sits Down With Piers Morgan | Sky News Australia
Former college swimmer Riley Gaines sits down with Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan to discuss transgender women in sports, Title IX, and her harrowing experience at SFSU.
“I’m speaking for every female athlete, not just myself,” Ms. Gaines said.
“I know what’s at stake if someone doesn’t use their voice.”
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