CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Tragedy has hit Central Virginia not once, but twice this week, with two young children dying after drowning in pools. Preventing drowning takes multiple layers of ...

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Two-year-old Cameron Gilland is learning critical survival swim skills after a frightening incident last summer when she fell into a friend's pool. "Cameron was by the pool ...

MERRIAM, Kan. — You can't predict when a crisis will happen. The latest example? The collapse of a major bridge in Baltimore. Preventing swimming deaths are why Kansas City Swim Academy & Infant ...

For 23-month-old Ferdinand Smith and his dad Nate, Friday mornings mean it’s time for swimming lessons. “Can you blow some bubbles for me?” Smith asked his son as they waited in the pool for their ...

After Emily Keefe had twins in 2018, the pool in her backyard in Boxford became a source of constant concern — especially after the children learned to walk. “We were just terrified,” Keefe said. “I ...

SECAUCUS, New Jersey (WABC) -- A New Jersey swimming school is equipping children with the skills they need to survive a water emergency as the summer swimming season approaches. The classes are being ...

Drowning continues to be the second leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 19 — claiming the lives of roughly 1,100 children in 2006 — according the American Association for Pediatrics.

MISHAWAKA — One unsupervised splash in the water can quickly turn into a life-or-death situation. A parent turns away and a child goes missing. Panic and fear sink in as the search leads to the pool.

When 3-year-old Natalie Monk climbs into a pool, she’s continuing a family tradition that her mother has passed on – they are both trained in Infant Swimming Resource, also known as ISR. ISR lessons ...