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Drowning Victims
Never Intended
To Get Wet
Ovef 60 percent of the drownlngs each year result when people who have no intention of getting wet fall into the water from docks, boats, bridges, shores or pool decks. Frequently they are only a few feet from safety, the American Red Cross reports.
A majority of the remaining 40 percent drown while swimming or playing in the water, again many of them almost within teaching distance of safety.
“Most drownings result because people violate or ignore good water safety practices,” states Cliff E. Lundberg, Eastern Area director of Red Cross Safety Programs. ‘ Drownings can be reduced if people will learn to swim and develop skill and knowledge that will contribute to safety in, on and around the water. Red Cross hopes through its swimming and lifesaving courses, to create in every individual an awareness of accident causes and ways in which accidents can be prevented.” Statistics reveal that drownings around the homes - in pools, bathtubs, wells cisterns and cesspools -- claim over 700 lives each year.
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