In January, a Filipino couple
drowned to death while having their honeymoon in the Maldives.
Brigadier Mohammed Ahmed bin Naiya Al Tuinaji, deputy commander of Fujairah Police, said the Emirati family had reported to the operations room that their boy had drowned in the swimming pool in their house.
"On being alerted, police moved to the place where it appeared that the boy sneaked out unnoticed by his parents, and went into the swimming pool where he drowned," he said.
In 2001, the latest CDC statistics available, nine people a day drowned in the United States.
By the time parents of drowned or nearly-drowned toddlers sit sobbing in the emergency room, it's too late for Feczko to talk to them about swimming lessons.
An Egyptian man drowns at a hotel swimming pool just after arriving in Abu Dhabi to take up a job as a petroleum engineer.
A four-year-old Arab girl drowns in a swimming pool in a resort in Ras Al Khaimah.
When four elderly residents of Scottsdale, Ariz., drowned this past year, the fire department became concerned.
Approximately 400 seniors drowned in 1999 and 2000, the latest years for which statistics are available.
The official did not divulge how Shahd had almost
drowned.
* In some cases, when a bather
drowns on a public beach or pool, the cause of death is classified as a cardiac arrest.
MIRPURKHAS: An eight-year-old boy
drowned in a water pond in Khudadad union council on Wednesday.
Sharjah: A four-year-old Emirati boy
drowned in the swimming pool of his school in Sharjah on Wednesday morning, police said.
Greg
Drown's first exposure to shooting came at a young age when his father took him to Friendship, Ind., for a black-powder pistol competition.
KARACHI -- Two boys
drowned in a ditch while playing cricket in a Manghopir locality while another boy
drowned in a drain in Ittehad Town.
