Miami-Dade kicks offs water safety initiative head of summer months
Parents are urged to enroll their children in available water safety and learn-to-swim programs
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Parents are urged to enroll their children in available water safety and learn-to-swim programs
The man was pulled from the water by a rescue dive team and taken to a hospital where he died.
Teri Hornstein reports several organizations provide scholarships for free lessons, including the International Swimming Hall of Fame's program called Every Child a Swimmer.
"The brother jumped in to try to save his brother," said a witness who identified himself only as Jefferson. "He couldn't and both of them was drowning."
Officials hope the tragedy will be used to raise awareness to prevent future tragedies.
Twin brothers died Friday afternoon after they were pulled from a Northwest Miami-Dade lake.
A minor has died after he and his twin brother were pulled Friday afternoon from a Northwest Miami-Dade pond.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office on Monday was investigating the death of a 6-year-old child who drowned in Tamarac.
An elderly man died Friday in Kendale Lakes after he somehow ended up in a canal.
Coconut Creek police are investigating the drowning of a 3-year-old boy who was pulled from a lake on Friday evening.
More than 410 people have drowned in Florida pools in the last three years. Nearly half of them were children.
