Watch What Happens When Foster Teens See the Ocean for the First Time
These disadvantaged Arizona youngsters will never forget their first time seeing the ocean, and it was thanks to two nonprofits.
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Minutes After Saying 'I Do', Hero Groom Jumps Into the Ocean to Save Drowning Teen
If Cindy Edwards had any doubts about the character of her husband, they must have been cleared up immediately when he rescued the boy from the ocean.
This 10-Year-old Boy Just Beat Michael Phelps's Most Enduring Swimming Record
A youngster whose actual name is "Clark Kent" just beat a swimming record that Michael Phelps set in 1995.
Dad Designs a Floating Drone That Could Prevent Dozens of Potential Drownings
Concerned by the dangers of backyard pools, this resourceful parent created a drone that could become a real life-saver to families in the future.
His Love for Her is Deep-So He Proposed to Her Underwater at the Great Barrier Reef
What could be a dreamier place to get engaged than surrounded by exotic fish at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia?
When Two Dogs Became Trapped in Ice, the Perfect Russian Rescuer Happened to Be Walking By (WATCH)
When two Labradors fell through the surface of an icy reservoir earlier this week, they were lucky that a Russian free diver was walking by.
Near-Death Experience Inspires Inventor to Create Wetsuit That Allows the Disabled to Swim Once More
A California surfer was trapped beneath the ocean waves when he first got the idea for a wetsuit that would help dozens of people swim once more.
11-Year-old Boy Saves Drowning Man Twice His Size When No One Else Could Swim
Despite the drowning man weighing 100 pounds heavier than Anaik, the 11-year-old boy still managed to save him from the deep end.
Hero Fisherman Saves Mate in Epic Swim Off Gold Coast
A hero fisherman has saved the life of his injured mate after an epic three-hour swim through freezing waters off the Gold Coast of Australia.
12-Year-old Boys Save Drowning Fisherman in New Zealand
It was hope in the form of a 12-year-old boy that saved Vincent Shao from sinking beneath the waves and drowning at Waihi Beach on Saturday. I thought I was going to die, the 32-year-old Auckland resident said after he lost his footing in waist-deep water while checking crab pots, and succumbed to a rip current.
Heroic Diver Spends Hour Cutting Whale Loose From Fishing Line (WATCH)
A diver in the Canary Islands had a whale of a time freeing a 45-foot-mammal from entanglement – for over an hour.
SHE DID IT: Diana Nyad Completes Historic Cuba to Florida Swim
This time, neither storm, jellyfish, nausea nor utter fatigue could keep 64-year-old endurance swimmer Diana Nyad from achieving her lifelong ambition of conquering the Straits of Florida. Nyad today became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, willing her way to a Key West beach, victorious on her fifth try in 35 years.
American Swimmer Stuns World, First to Win All These Races in Single Meet
18-year-old US swimmer Katie Ledecky swept all individual freestyle events at the 2015 FINA World Championships, an unprecedented feat by man or woman.
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