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Important Strategies to Keep Safe An estimated 236,000 men, women, and children die in drowning accidents every year around the world. That number breaks down to 647 global drowning deaths each day. In the United States, an overage of 3,960 unintentional drowning deaths occur annually, or approximately 11 drowning fatalities a day across the country. States with the Most Deadly Drowning Accidents in the U.S.A. The states with the most drowning deaths per capita in the U.S.A. are: Alaska Hawaii…

A Southern Indiana funeral home is being investigated by the police after 31 bodies were found decomposing. The Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana is the subject of the probe. The Clark County Coroner’s Office has now taken custody of all of the human remains. In addition to the 31 decomposing bodies at the funeral home, the remains of 16 cremated individuals were also discovered at the scene. A local woman who sent her brother’s body to…

An Amtrak train experienced a catastrophic derailment early Thursday afternoon which is being classified as a possible mass casualty event. The entire Amtrak train, carrying about 250 passengers, was completely upended in a collision with a cement truck that blocked the railway tracks. The seemingly deadly Missouri Amtrak derailment occurred in the western part of the Show Me state in Chariton County. A mass casualty event typically involves a minimum of six people killed in a single incident like this…

If you are like most people, you are familiar with “wet drowning.” In basic terms, wet drowning occurs when a person inhales water for one reason or another. In other words, a person gets water into their lungs. Dry drowning is a different situation. Many people are not aware dry drowning exists. Moreover, those that know it exists likely do not really understand what is involved with dry drowning. There are five facts that you are wise to understand about…

A 4-year-old child lost her life in a Texas City apartment complex drowning accident. First responders were called to the Terrances Apartments at about 9:00 p.m. on the night of the fatal incident. Official information about the fatal Texas City child drowning accident remains scant at this time. The significant uncertainty begins with the question of whether any adults were at the pool at the time the child entered the water and drowned. Typically, apartment complex swimming pools do not…