โItโs heartbreakingโ: Nonprofit urges families to learn drowning rescue, CPR training after deadly summer
The Miss Tristan Foundation is named after 2-year-old Tristan Byrd, who drowned in her family's pool in 2016. The organization offers free water safety and CPR classes to prevent more tragedies.
Family remembers Christian Bishop, the 4-year-old boy who drowned on Independence Day
Related: 4-year-old boy hospitalized, in serious condition after nearly drowning in familys pool on 4th of July, police sayAuthorities said the boy was swimming with his 7-year-old sister in the backyard pool. According to the boys father, the family went back inside of their home and Christian snuck back outside to continue swimming after changing into his swimming suit. According to Christians family, family members were still within eyesight of the pool and were able to pull him out of the water and perform CPR prior to EMS personnel arriving on the scene. Medical personnel were able to bring back his pulse, but Christian died Monday morning, according to the family. Christian had been wearing a life jacket that morning, Charles said.
4-year-old girl dies in accidental drowning
SAN ANTONIO โ A 4-year-girl has died after drowning in a pool at a home on the cityโs Southeast Side, San Antonio police said. According to police, the girl had been playing in a shallow wading pool alongside the main pool at a family gathering. At some point, the girl made her way to the main pool. One of the children alerted someone of the child unconscious on the bottom of the main pool. Air-Life transported the child to a nearby hospital, where she was later was pronounced dead.
Kerrville manโs body found by rescue team after apparent drowning, police say
KERRVILLE โ A 34-year-old manโs body was found after an apparent drowning after witnesses reported suspicious activity in Kerrville, police said. The Kerrville Police Department reported that officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Town Creek Road on Wednesday. โOfficers located a nearby vehicle and were unable to locate an individual associated with the property or vehicle,โ Kerrville police said in a news release. Kerrville police, along with the Kerrville Fire Departmentโs Technical Rescue Team, searched extensively for Bode, officials said. โOn the morning of June 11, 2020, the search of the Town Creek area resumed.โPolice said Bode's body was discovered by dive team personnel.
40-year-old Arlington man dies after swimming in Guadalupe River, officials say
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas โ A 40-year-old man has died after swimming in the Guadalupe River, according to the New Braunfels Police Department. After arriving on scene, the victim, Chad Aaron Maples, of Arlington, was seen struggling in the water upriver before he disappeared underwater, officials said. Bystanders found Maples and pulled him onto a rock in the middle of the river. Police officers went into the water and pulled him to shore before beginning life-saving measures. RELATED: 22-year-old Houston woman drowns in Comal River in New Braunfels
Arkansas boy drowns while swimming at Texas beach
Published: May 4, 2020, 6:54 am Updated: May 4, 2020, 11:48 amGALVESTON, Texas โ A 10-year-old Arkansas boy drowned while swimming with his family in Galveston County, authorities said. Micah Batson of Little Rock disappeared shortly before noon Saturday while swimming with his family in waters off Crystal Beach, Galveston County Sheriff Henry Trochesset said. The boy's father told authorities that he and his son were in waist-high water when a wave crashed over them and separated them, the Galveston County Daily News reported. Padre Island National Seashore to allow overnight beach campingFirst responders found the boyโs body several hours later, authorities said. COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new virus, stands for coronavirus disease 2019.