Doctors: Children Can Drown In As Little As One Inch Of Water
Last summer alone, 112 kids under the age of five died in swimming pools.
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Last summer alone, 112 kids under the age of five died in swimming pools.
A pair of Ohio six-year-olds are being praised as twin heroes after saving a toddler from drowning in a swimming pool.
A fast-thinking bartender in Wisconsin is being hailed as a hero after jumping into a river to save a drowning goat.
A Florida teacher accused of drowning two raccoons and an opossum in front of his students will not face criminal charges, according to the state attorney's office.
A Virginia pool worker, who tried to drown himself during a bipolar episode, is now suing the police officers and lifeguard who saved him because they allegedly took too long to do it.
Police are continuing to investigate two separate drownings in Sea Isle City this week.
A young girl has died days after she was pulled from a lake at a South Jersey campground.
A judge is refusing to order the closure of a beach where three people died when the sand gave way beneath them as they walked near the water's edge.
Several lifeguards were on the beach Thursday, although they had left by the time the girls went into the water.
A family in Texas is warning others after their 4-year-old son died from "dry drowning".
The National Park Service says a Montgomery County man has drowned off the Maryland coast of Assateague Island National Seashore.
Upon arrival, paramedics found the child without a pulse and not breathing.
Ocean County prosecutors say 22-year-old John Crimmins, of Yonkers, was with friends in the ocean off of Mantoloking when he suddenly disappeared from their sight around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Officials says a man swimming with friends at the Jersey Shore suddenly disappeared, and died after he was found a little while later.
Crews had initially been dispatched to the area to search for Boyer on Wednesday, after his friends said he didn't make it to shore while swimming in the lake.
Pennsylvania state police say the boy slipped on rocks and fell into the fast-moving river in Warwick Township, on Wednesday afternoon.
The child, who wasn't named by police, was initially taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon and then later transferred to Children's Hospital in Philadelphia.
A former Philadelphia Daycare operator has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the drowning death of a seven-year-old boy in a dirty in-ground backyard pool.
A woman who went swimming about an hour after life guards went off duty and believed to have drowned last night in Atlantic City is alive, according to police.
Cooling off in the summer heat has many headed to the shore or a pool, but doctors say there's a hidden danger that can be life threatening. 3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl explains what can happen.
Authorities say Philadelphia-area man drowned after falling off a boat after watching fireworks at a northeastern Pennsylvania lake over the weekend.
Sandra Smith of Horsham, Pennsylvania, filed suit Wednesday in state Superior Court against North Wildwood, Cape May County and the state of New Jersey over the July 2012 incident that claimed the life of her husband, Brad, and nearly killed their 7-year-old daughter.
Keeping autistic children safe near the water is a major issue as drowning is the leading cause of death for them.
Polanco's family wants more fencing and more strongly worded signs at the spot where he drowned.
Chairman Department of Pediatrics at Abington Memorial Hospital Dr. Steven Shapiro says the statistics are staggering.
