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Hydrants, you know. and then sometimes they would sneak into the pools late at night and that's how all kids started drowning. >> whenever i hear people can't swim, it makes me sad. it also infuriates me because i know somewhere along the way that they didn't have someone like coach fute who took them under their wing to teach them how to swim. and i immediately want to get in the pool with them and teach them. probably around 13 years old i became a lifeguard. i helped my sisters who are older than me to swim. i helped them become better swimmers. i taught my nieces to swim in the backyard po...

Became a lifeguard. i helped my sisters, who are older than me, to swim. i helped them become better swimmers. i taught my nieces to swim in the backyard pool. get in. and both of my great nephews. >> all these things that i do for my seniors and as well for the youth teams are things that were taught for me, and i enjoy giving back the things that i've learned. >> can you imagine doing anything else? >> i can't imagine doing anything else or being anywhere else than with my seniors. i just love 'em. i just love 'em. those are my people. those are my peeps, as you may say, yeah. >> i didn't kn...

Under their wing to teach them how to swim. >> i immediately want to get in the pool with them and teach them how to swim. probably around 13 years old i became a life guard. i helped my sisters who were older than me to swim. i helped them become better swimmers. i taught my nieces to swim in the backyard pool. get in. and both of my fedgreat nephews. >> one of the things that i do for my seniors and as well for the youth teams are things that were taught for me. and i enjoy giving back the things that i've learned. >> can you imagine doing anything else? >> i can't imagine doing anything els...

0 black kids to learn how to swim. >> black kids drown twice as much as any other ethnic group. >> they got rid of the community pools because they didn't want the races mixing. they filled the pool either with concrete or with dirt where i grew up because they didn't want people mixing. that's one reason why a lot of black kids didn't learn how to swim in the '50s and '60s. >> right. because the only thing they were able to do was play in the fire hydrants. sometimes they would sneak into the pools late at night, and that's how our kids started drowning. >> whenever i hear that people can't s...

Lincoln. it went down it waters off san diego. one sailor was rescued. five other sailors aboard the uss lincoln were hut but expected to be okay. harrowing rescue caught on camera, los angeles deputies reviving a 21-month-old toddler after she nearly drowned in a backyard pool. they were able to clear the water from her lungs and take her to the hospital. she is expected to make a full recovery. listen to this story. i think it is very important. an oklahoma hospital denying a report claiming it turned away patients due to people overdosing on eye very mechanic tin. "rolling stone," used to...