Learn to swim alone with this simple, step-by-step guide. Master techniques in the shallow end, practice kicking, and float ...

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, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) --Many adults can't swim well enough to save themselves. WDRB's Keith Kaiser learns how Central Adult Learn-to-Swim, Inc. (ALTS) is trying to change all that. The ALTS ...

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, ...

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 ...

DETROIT – Over half of the adults in the United States do not know how to swim. According to the Red Cross, 54% of adults lack basic swim safety knowledge. My colleague, Local 4′s Crime and Safety ...

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 ...

Olympic champion Duncan Scott says “it is critical that children learn to swim,” echoing a survey of Scottish adults at a difficult time for the leisure sector that has seen facilities close amid an ...

While awaiting news of the fate of the Titan submersible recently, it occurred to me that the men on board were volunteers. Nobody had to be in that situation. I sure wouldn’t. Under water is not ...

Drowning is a leading cause of accidental death for children, especially impacting minority communities due to historical and socioeconomic factors. Learning to swim is crucial for water safety and ...

SPRINGFIELD — For the past year and a half, Kaylanny Torres has spent her Tuesday evenings at community pools ran by Springfield Public Schools learning how to swim, not simply to be safe around water ...

Chris Rock has a new skill. The comedian, 55, says he recently learned how to swim as part of a new workout routine. "Do you know how f---ing hard it is for a grown-up to learn how to swim? You’ve got ...