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Biddeford Man Drowns After Kayak Tips Over on Sabattus Pond

State wildlife officials said he could not swim, was not wearing a life jacket, and the Maine Warden Service is leading the investigation.

Two Young Boys Die in Separate Residential Pool Drownings in Anne Arundel County

Search Suspended After Child Disappears in Lake Michigan and Divers Are Hurt

Two Young Children Die After Separate Waterway Incidents in Northern Colorado

Two People Die in Separate Drownings at Little Emily Lake

RNLI Launches 'Float to Live' Campaign With Simple Back-Float Advice

DLRG Reports 1,154 Lives Saved in 2025

Bundestag Backs Petition on Mandatory Swim Classes and Sends It to States

King’s Commendation for Bravery Honours Three 2021 Rescuers, Two Posthumous

NSW Drownings at Unpatrolled Beaches Prompt Shift in Safety Messaging

Jervis Bay Drowning Adds to NSW Holiday Toll as National Summer Deaths Reach 29

Search for Sydney Teen Swept From Little Bay Paused Ahead of Tuesday Restart

Body Recovered at Beaver Dam Quarry in Cockeysville After Two-Day Search

Olivehurst Man Drowns in Feather River While Docking Boat

Coroner Records Misadventure in Teen’s Cleethorpes Beach Death

Ex-Serie A Coach Andrea Stramaccioni Honored After Saving Two Teenagers on Adriatic Coast

Italian Coast Guard Honors Stramaccioni for Daring Beach Rescue

3-Year-Old’s Sandbanks Drowning Raises Ontario’s Summer Water Deaths to 10

OPP Warns After East Lake Recovery, Summer Drownings Reach 10

20-Year-Old Drowns in River at Parewa Khoh While Retrieving Slipper