Swim lessons can save a person’s life, but their cost can be out of reach for some households. There is a clear disparity in access to swim lessons when you look at people’s race and ethnicity. A Center for Disease Control study released in May found that 63% of Black adults and 72% of Hispanic […]
PORT ST. LUCIE − Police Tuesday are searching the St. Lucie River near Southeast Port St. Lucie Boulevard after a reported possible drowning, a spokesperson said. About 12:30 p.m. or 12:45 p.m., Port St. Lucie Police were called about the incident at an area referred to as the Twin Bridges on Southeast Port St. Lucie […]
STAR-ADVERTISER 1 /1 STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii island police say a man visiting from Colorado has died after he was pulled unresponsive from the ocean off Pahoa over the weekend. Police identified him as Timothy Zedalis, 53, of Denver, Colo. At about 8 :13 a.m. Saturday, patrol officers responded to reports the man was not breathing after […]
A man died due to an apparent drowning late Wednesday at a Platte County lake. Fire crews responded around 8:30 p.m. on a mutual aid call to Houston Lake, where they found a man floating in water near a small dock, according to Michael Hopkins, a spokesman for the Kansas City Fire Department. The man […]
A youth remains missing and another is in critical condition following a possible drowning in Lake Michigan, off of Bender Park in Oak Creek, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said the call came in shortly before 8:30 p.m. from the park located at 4503 E. Ryan Road following a report […]
The drowning death of a 6-year-old boy found unresponsive in his day camp’s swimming pool is under investigation. Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed in a statement obtained by NBC News that on June 24, the boy drowned while in a swimming pool at Liberty Lakes Day Camp on Florence Columbus Road in Mansfield Township. A […]
President Joe Biden said he is “deeply disturbed by the reports of an attempted drowning of a 3-year-old Palestinian-American at a neighborhood pool” in Euless, according to a social media post on Monday. A woman in Euless is charged with attempted capital murder after police said she tried to drown a 3-year-old girl at an […]
Three young men from Alabama drowned while swimming Friday in the Gulf of Mexico in Bay County. Here’s what we know so far: Who drowned in Panama City Beach? Initially, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said only that the three victims were young men from Alabama. No other details had been released as of 10 […]
A 19-year-old drowned in the Ocmulgee River, the second drowning in Macon Friday, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said the Macon-Bibb Fire Department responded to Frank Amerson Park just after 6 p.m. Friday regarding a possible drowning. “It was reported that witnesses stated that they saw their friend go under […]
The vigilance of Pasco lifeguards is credited with saving the life of a teenager who went underwater at Memorial Aquatic Park on Tuesday. A lifeguard noticed the teen appeared to be getting tired while swimming in the mid-afternoon, Pasco Deputy Chief Chris Mortensen told the Tri-City Herald. The lifeguard jumped into the water, but wasn’t […]
Authorities have identified the body of a man who drowned in Tempe Town Lake on Monday night, according to spokespeople for the Tempe Police Department. The man was identified by authorities as 47-year-old Michael Reyes. Witnesses called emergency services on Monday evening after they saw Reyes swimming about two-thirds of the way across the lake […]
Authorities found the body of a man who drowned in Tempe Town Lake on Monday night, according to spokespeople for the city’s public safety departments. The unidentified man’s body floated up to the surface around 7 a.m. on Tuesday, just before a Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department team was about to conduct “a recovery operation.” […]