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*Tragedy struck in a Connecticut high school just before Thanksgiving and the community is still in shock. If more of our children were good swimmers, more of them would survive water-related deaths. In Manchester City High School last Wednesday, Ghanian-born, 14-year-old Malvrick Donkor stepped into the deep end of the school’s pool during class and [...]
*There has been a huge campaign to get African Americans swimming because the unfortunate truth was revealed a couple years ago that blacks and other minorities were not swimming. In fact, in 2009, 57 percent of the black and Latino community’s children did not know how to swim. Also, blacks were 2.6 percent more likely to drown than whites [...]
*The last thing anyone wants to hear is that a child or elderly person has been mistreated. But, in this case, an elderly person was not just mistreated, she was tortured. The torture was so profoundly abusive it is outlawed by our government against any and all prisoners. (more…)
*Colorado Springs, CO — Following the tragic drowning deaths of six teenagers this summer in Shreveport, LA, Gold Medalist Cullen Jones and the USA Swimming Foundation will visit the community on Wednesday, November 10 to advocate for water safety education, raise awareness about the importance of learning to swim, and help develop life-saving learn to [...]
*In Shreveport, Louisiana six teenagers from at least two families drowned in the Red River after they stepped off a ledge from shallow water into a chasm about 20 feet deep on Monday, fire officials said. A 14-year-old was rescued. Shreveport Assistant Fire Chief Fred Sanders said he believed the victims, ages 13 to 18, [...]
Randall Cunningham with son Christian in Sept. 2009 while being inducted into the Philadelphia Eagles’ honor roll. *Randall Cunningham’s 2-year-old son Christian has died after apparently drowning in a backyard hot tub, according to authorities. Las Vegas police Lt. Dennis Flynn says it appeared to have been an accident. He says a woman at the [...]
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