drowning
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Drowning Homeless Man Pleaded With Officers for Help but They Refused
Body camera footage of the incident was released along with a transcript of the exchange.
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Body of Former WWE Star Shad Gaspard Found on Venice Beach After He'd Gone Missing During a Swim
On Wednesday, the body of former WWE star Shad Gaspard was found on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, Calif. He was 39. KTLA 5 reports that officers were tipped off about a body that had washed ashore at approximately 1:30 a.m. and after the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office was able to identify it as…
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Teens Who Laughed at, Mocked, Failed to Help Florida Man Who Drowned Will Not Face Charges
The group of teenagers who callously recorded and taunted a drowning man as he pleaded for help will not face charges after all, even after the police chief recommended that the state attorney prosecute them under a statute that requires a person with knowledge of a death to notify a medical examiner. According to ABC…
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Unlicensed Ga. Summer Camp Shut Down After 5-Year-Old Drowns
The state of Georgia has shut down a day camp after the tragic drowning of a 5-year-old boy. Benjamin “Kamau” Hosch III drowned last week while on a field trip with the Camp Cricket Summer Day Camp to the Cochran Mill Nature Center near Atlanta. On Tuesday, state officials filed a “cease and desist” order…
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‘Utterly Inhumane and Cruel’: Fla. Police Say Teens Laughed at, Mocked Drowning Man
Authorities in Cocoa, Fla., say that a group of teens callously watched and laughed as a 32-year-old disabled man drowned in a retention pond last week. Police in Cocoa said they discovered that the teens had recorded the drowning of Jamel Dunn on video, the Associated Press reports. The video taken by the teens at…
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Fla. Man Dies Saving Wife From Rip Current Off Miami Beach
A Florida woman says that her husband drowned while trying to save her from a rip current off Miami Beach over the weekend, WINK News reports. “He did the most amazing thing in the world that he gave his life for me,” Kendra Smith said of her husband, 34-year-old Sherrod Whittington. “I appreciate that, I really do,…
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Texas Mom Charged With Murder After Bodies of Her 2 Kids Found Under Neighbor's House
A Texas mother has been charged with capital murder after the bodies of her two children were found under her neighbor’s house, KHOU reports. According to police, Sheborah Thomas, 30, confessed Sunday to drowning her 5-year-old daughter, Kayana Thomas, and 7-year-old son, O’Raylan Thomas, on Friday. “She was very matter-of-fact in terms of what she…
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Ga. Man Arrested After Toddler Left in His Care Drowns
A Winder, Ga., man was arrested and charged after a toddler left in his care drowned over the weekend, 11 Alive reports. The 2-year-old boy’s body was recovered from the water’s edge at Fort Yargo State Park in Winder, Ga. People at the park tried to help the child, attempting CPR until emergency responders arrived,…
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Fla. Teen, 9-Year-Old Save Unsupervised 3-Year-Old From Drowning in Pool
Two young people in Florida are being hailed as heroes after preventing what could have been a tragic summer accident. Surveillance footage captured the frightening moment when an unsupervised 3-year-old girl almost drowned at a community pool, WKMG reports. The girl is seen going into the pool at Timber Trace Apartments in Titusville last Friday…