There are still children who learned to swim the worst possible way - by being tossed into the water and expected to swim instinctively. Rita Goldberg says she can't believe some people still use this ...

Jumping into a giant indoor swimming pool with a big splash is pure joy for most of the first- and second-graders enrolled in the free "Learn to Swim" program that Metro Schools and the YMCA offer for ...

Children play in the sea on August 23. A black child in the U.S. is five and a half times more likely to die from an unintentional drowning than a white child, according to the Centers for Disease ...

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Swimming With Deonco, the newly-launched free swim lessons currently underway at the South Charleston Community Center, have so far garnered much interest following the ...

Life’s unexpected challenges can sometimes bring about some of its biggest blessings. At the age of 9, young Thurman Thomas attended a party with his baseball team. But, the little boy nearly lost his ...

Children with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers. Children with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers, according to the Autism ...

There are 2 videos inside this story. Click here to see both from the News 2 app. MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) – A Middle Tennessee father is working to save lives after his own daughter nearly died in ...

With the weather getting warmer, families will start heading to the beach, and next month, the city will open its many outdoor pools for the season. So the USA Swimming Foundation is touring the ...

A Pinellas County dad is on a mission to make sure all kids with autism know how to swim. Wednesday, a 4-and-a-half-year-old Tampa boy drowned in a retention pond at a South Tampa apartment complex.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Some of the best swimmers on the planet are from right here on the First Coast. And while swimming is a sport that can lead someone to the top of the podium, it's also an activity ...