Friday was a big day in the Heck household!! This little lady graduated from Aquatic Survival Instruction (ASI) (and earned her very first trophy!)
I decided to enroll her in this program for two reasons:
- I saw my best friend’s kids go through the program and loved their results. Her 2-year-old son (at the time) was so confident in water and could find his float easily. This was a big draw for me.
- All the recent drowning stories I’ve heard. Did you hear about Bode Miller’s daughter? If you didn’t, click here. This is so heartbreaking. I can’t imagine having to cope with such a devastating loss… especially if I knew there was a way to prevent it.
With swim classes and these stories of drowning on my mind, I took a deeper look at this issue. What I found out was hard to believe:
According to the CDC, drowning is responsible for more deaths in children aged 1-4 than any other cause outside of birth defects. In those same aged children, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death behind car crashes (See complete fact sheet here).
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