(more…)There is a new push for greater swimming safety in New York City following the apparent drownings of two teenagers off of Rockaway Beach last month. In response, local leaders say they want to focus more on recruiting lifeguards and extending their hours. FOX 5 NY’s Jessica Formoso has the story.
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Swim South Florida: CPR Training Can Save Lives | WPLG Local 10
Local 10’s Nicole Perez learns CPR to keep her family safe on the water
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Former Yale Swim Team Member Who Lost Leg In Brutal Shark Attack Now Competing With Team USA | ABC News
After losing a leg in a brutal shark attack last year, a former Yale swim team member is bouncing back, now competing with Team USA in this summer’s Paralympics. ABC News’ Danny New reports.
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Inside para swimmer Ali Truwit’s journey to the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games | NBC Sports
Just over a year after surviving a devastating shark attack, para swimmer Ali Truwit qualified for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. With the help of her teammates from the Yale swimming and diving team, her family, community, and childhood coach, she went from swimming for her life to finding her way back to the pool just months later.
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Sensory Swim To Launch At Select Des Moines Aquatic Centers | WHO13
Sensory Swim to launch at select Des Moines aquatic centers
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Re-opening In 2025, A Swimming Pool In Alva First Built In 1939 | KFOR Oklahoma’s News 4
Re-opening in 2025, a swimming pool in Alva first built in 1939
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Swimmer At Chicago Area Beach Still Missing Day After He Went Into Lake Michigan | CBS Chicago
The search for a swimmer who went missing Sunday afternoon at Lighthouse Beach in Evanston resumed on Monday.
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Badger Swimmer Phoebe Bacon Reflects On Journey Ahead Of Second Trip To Olympics | WKOW 27 News
Wisconsin senior Phoebe Bacon is a week removed from qualifying for the 2024 Paris Games. However, the Badger swimmer has still yet to fully process she’ll be making her second trip to the Olympic Games.
Inspired by Katie Ledecky in 2012, seeing was believing for a young Bacon.
“I went to the same grade school as her,” Bacon said. “It just blew my mind. She could be an Olympian, and it just pushed me into thinking, maybe I could be an Olympian.”
Nine years later, she turned that dream into reality, ,qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Games held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bacon recalls not fully embracing the moment and plans to change that this time around.
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Parkland Mother Of Boy Who Almost Drown Urges Swim Lessons | CBS Miami
Jenna Edwards’ son fell in the pool in 2014 and suffered a severe brain injury.
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