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Five tourists die in violent riptide within days at same popular beach town
Five people have now died in lethal Panama City Beach riptides as the sheriff issues a plea for people to stay out of the water, warning that 'it’s just too dangerous right now to swim'
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Heartbreaking warning to parents after boy, 4, found dead in family pool
A frantic two-hour search was launched after the child snuck out of his Alabama home and was reported missing before his body was found in a murky pool swimming pool
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Desperate search for missing dad after he was swept away by riptide at beach
James Everett Du Bois went swimming with his Thai wife and toddler son, aged three, at the Nai Harn Beach in Phuket on June 9 afternoon when he was swept away in a ripetide
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Mum shares decision that will 'haunt the rest of her life' before tot drowned
Rodeo star Spencer Wright's son, Levi, was declared brain dead by doctors after drowning when he drove his toy tractor into a river in Beaver County, Utah and tragically died on June 2
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Heroic 11-year-old drowns trying to save little sister in hotel swimming pool
Mackenzie Cornell was at a swimming pool party at an Ohio Quality Inn hotel on Sunday when she spotted her sister, Mackenna, struggling in the deep end
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Boy brain dead after falling into river to have breathing tube removed in 'days'
The three-year-old son of Rodeo champion Spencer Wright, was declared brain dead by doctors after plunging into a river in Beaver County, Utah, while playing on his toy tractor
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Second boy, 13, dies in river tragedy after friend drowned trying to save him
Aras Rudzianskas, 13, from Newcastle died in hospital on Tuesday after he got into difficulty in the River Tyne - his friend David Radut, 14, is understood to have died trying to save him
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Parents of teen who drowned in River Tyne say death of boy, 14, 'upsetting'
After a 14-year-old boy was confirmed dead on Sunday after falling into the River Tyne with his friend the previous day, the parents of another young boy who died on the same river in 2022 have spoken out
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British girl, six, drowning in Tenerife pool 'after lifeguard clocked off'
A British girl, aged six, was drowning at the Granada Park Aparthotel pool in Los Cristianos, in Tenerife, before being pulled from the water after a lifeguard is believed to have clocked off
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Brit tourist drowns in Menorca as wife helplessly watches on from beach
The British man in his 70s died after drowning in the sea at a beach in Menorca despite brave attempts to rescue and resuscitate him, Spanish authorities have said
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'Heartbroken' woman's search for boy her mum lost her life saving in 1993
A woman whose mother Anne Michelle Savidge lost her life saving a little boy from drowning in 1993 is not searching for the child who would now be a man that she saved
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Mum drowned after being swept away while saving dog from river, inquest hears
Gail Theresa Lloyd, a 50-year-old animal lover and project manager with a finance company, had been out with her husband walking their two dogs when tragedy struck leading to her death
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British student drowns in Florida swimming pool in 'inexplicable' mystery death
A coroner report pertaining to the mysterious death of Jack Chisholm, 21, who drowned in a Florida swimming pool has raised more question than answers as the officials concluded his death was "inexplicable"
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Girl, 9, sucked into pool filter and submerged for three minutes saved by nurse
Valentina Oliveira Mancano jumped into a pool during an event organised by the local church in Doutor Camargo, Brazil, when she was sucked into a filter - and was saved by a nurse
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Boy, 18, dies after sticking head through car sunroof
The unidentified 18-year-old had been in a car cruising around the car park at the West Edmonton Mall when he stuck his head out the sunroof and struck his head on a concrete beam
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Boy, 16, trying to save friend from drowning while both swimming in a lake
Reuven Simon and Joseph Sebastian were due to return to their grammar school in Derry after receiving their GCSE results but both died in the tragic incident last August
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4 chilling final words of captain before ship engulfed by hurricane killing all
A total of 33 lives were lost at sea after cargo ship El Faro was engulfed in a hurricane in what is considered the worst US maritime disaster recorded in 30 years
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Heroic dad-of-four drowns while trying to save his son from rip current at beach
Gary Simard was enjoying a day at Salisbury Beach in Massachusetts, with his family, when his son was pulled away by a rip current. He dived in the waters to save him but tragically lost his life
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Man, 23, drowns in Lake Lanier after slipping on dock in eighth death of year
Gavrie Alexander Whitlock, from Snellville, Georgia, ran down the dock and slipped into Lake Lanier on Saturday night at around 10.30pm, according to authorities
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'Haunted' Lake Lanier takes seventh victim this year as man fails to resurface
Lake Lanier has built quite the reputation as one of the most haunted bodies of water in America and the world. On Saturday, a 23-year-old man became the seventh person to die on the lake this year
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Diver found dead off Dorset after being reported missing off coast
A man in his 40s, from Hampshire, had been diving off the Dorset coast, near the island of Portland, when he failed to return to his body - leading to Coastguard launched a search for the man
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Autopsy report released after Obama's personal chef found dead in river
Tafari Campbell, 45, worked as the Obamas' personal chef at their Martha's Vineyard property when he vanished while paddleboarding in the waters of Edgartown Great Pond
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Boy, 9, dragged out by tide saved by 12-year-old who jumped into sea
Dexter Bowen panicked when he found himself being dragged out to sea by the tide, but luckily, Theo Pulman, 12, saw that he was in trouble and sprang into action
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Influencer drowns while swimming with friends hours after posting sweet selfie
María Fernanda Robles, 21, drowned in the sea in Mazatlán, Mexico, at around 4.40am on August 14 - hours after posting a smiling selfie alongside a friend
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Kids aged just 9 and 5-years-old save their great-grandma from drowning in pool
Ashton Montgomery, 9 and his 5-year-old sister, Ely Montgomery managed to save their great-grandmother's life after she was found unconscious in a pool in Great Falls, Montana
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