We’re wrapping up Swim Week on NBC 5 Today, NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen teams with the local YMCA to help prevent childhood drowning deaths this summer. But it's not just kids. According to the Red Cross, ...

It's a scorching hot Melbourne summer's day when the question I'm dreading arises. "Should we go to the beach?" The thing is, I can't swim. People often take this to mean I'm not very good at it. But ...

At 42, Tameka Bostick decided she wanted to learn how to swim. Bostick said she tried to sign her teenager up for lessons, too, but her daughter said she wanted her mother to learn to swim first. "'Ma ...

When I was 5 years old, I nearly drowned while visiting a Pennsylvania amusement park. I spent 30 seconds underwater not knowing what to do. Luckily, I was rescued by a lifeguard and resuscitated, but ...

CLOSTER, New Jersey (WABC) -- Sadly, we cover backyard pool tragedies all the time. As a reminder, you are required to have a fence around your pool for safety. There are all sorts of door locks and ...

Every child should learn to swim. However, there are barriers we must overcome to make that happen. They are alarming: Factors that determine children’s safety in water include economic status, ...

NEW YORK -- Every summer, children drown at local pools, beaches and rivers. That's why CBS2 is dedicating this week to water safety. We begin our weeklong series with the troubling history around ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Even though summer is over, lifeguards are still warning people that drowning can happen year-round. The Florida Department of Children and Families says more children 5 years old ...

In the summer, many Americans head to the pool or a beach to cool off and have fun. But many kids don't know how to swim, especially in historically underrepresented communities. One New York City non ...

Eduardo Lazaro and Jesus Castaneda have been waking up Monday through Friday at 5 a.m. to make it to water polo practice. Not only had the Channel Island High seniors never played the sport before ...

My dad was born in Lombok, Indonesia, and immigrated to the U.S. in the ’90s. Growing up, I only caught glimpses of his culture and life in Indonesia. One day in an art history class, I read an ...