According to the CDC, more children in Florida, ages 1 to 4, are killed by an unintentional drowning than any other state.
Pate drives and hour and a half round trip to get her granddaughter to her swimming lessons at Swimming Safari in Jacksonville.“I’ve known kids that have drowned right here in our rivers and things," said Pate."It was on my Mimi’s heart to get her in as soon as I could and get her swimming.”reported on five different children drowning in Jacksonville-area retention ponds, rivers and swimming pools in the past year.
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