Swimming is a skill that is basic to survival.
Some statistics:• Drowning is the 2nd leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children between the ages of 1 & 14
(Centers for Disease Control, 2003)
• Nine people drown in the United States every day (Centers for Disease Control)
• Two-thirds of all drownings occur between May and August (Orange County California Fire Authority)
• Approximately 75% of child drownings occur, because of a lapse of adult supervision of less than five minutes.
