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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- In a 2017 report from the USA Swimming Foundation, 64 percent of Black children have little or no swimming ability compared to 40 percent of White children. One Saint Augustine ...

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 ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Florida leads the nation in child drownings. We are surrounded by beautiful bodies of water and its why swim safety is more than a story. It’s a priority for us. This month, ...

WPBF 25 News spoke with Maui Goodbear, who is working to help kids who are at risk, along with kids in the African-American community of South Florida, to learn how to swim, surf, along with ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Aug. 2, 2010 is a day that many in the ArkLaTex will never forget. On that morning fifteen years ago, six African American teenagers’ lives were taken after they drowned in ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - It is officially summertime and many of us are cooling off at the pool and the beach. Knowing how to swim is an important skill especially if you live on the Gulf Coast. Not ...

COUNTY FREE OR REDUCED SWIMMING LESSONS ARE HERE FOR THIS SUMMER AS THE YMCA OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY RECEIVES FUNDING FOR ITS SAFETY AROUND WATER PROGRAM. HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND ...

While police killings of black people sometimes attract front-page attention, black lives lost due to drowning are largely ignored. Today, nearly 60 years after the abolishment of Jim Crow laws that ...