A spate of drownings: Classes help Black Americans learn to swim

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 23, 2022 12:25 pm

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Ten-year-old Aiden Reed had reason to be a little nervous as he dipped into a swimming pool in Washington.

'I almost drowned,' the young African American recalled of an incident at another pool when a lifeguard had to rescue him.

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