CBS2 is dedicating this week to water safety, beginning with the troubling history around teaching kids to swim. jennbisramtv hears from a mother who lost her 13-year-old son last summer.
"Systemic racism, segregation that happened, Jim Crow laws around pools made it so the adults don't know how to swim, and we've found that if adults don't know how to swim, their kids often don't know how to swim," said Alex Hoehn-Saric, chair of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
"If you are making less money, you're farther away, it's harder to get to a pool, then and it's less likely that you'll be able to teach your kids how to swim," Hoehn-Saric said."I think swimming should be part of the curriculum in schools," said Singh. "Our organization partners with New York City public schools, serving very low income communities. And we identify, vet and fully fund the cost," Alan J. Gerson said.
"Even a very strong skilled swimmer would have difficulty navigating these waters," Slevin said."Two minutes and two inches is all it takes for any of us to drown."Drowning of 15-year-old at Sandy Hook Beach raises warnings about rip currents and water safety
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