Advocates say lifeguards need more training to keep swimmers safe
Every year, 4,500 people die from drowning in the United States. A substantial number of these deaths are among children.
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Every year, 4,500 people die from drowning in the United States. A substantial number of these deaths are among children.
The state levied $11,000 in penalties and temporarily suspended the license of a San Jose day care where two young girls drowned, and a third child was rescued.
No lifeguard or flotation device will ever come close to protecting a child as well as an adult who is attentive, free from distractions, and focused only on them said Juliene Hefter, executive director and CEO of the Association of Aquatic Professionals.
The grieving parents plan to go through the motions all over again during the next legislative session.
Cats searching for their forever homes darted in and out of eager yogis in Kensington Saturday morning.