Swim Strong Foundation Raffle
Did you know that every 70 seconds a person dies due to drowning? Yes, that is roughly one person per minute around the world. And for every death, 5 more people are suffering life altering brain and spinal cord injuries due to water based accidents? Drownings and water based accidents are a global epidemic. And while those statistics are so disturbing, perhaps the most shocking of all is that 95% of those incidents actually never needed to have happened. They were preventable! Here in NYC our waterfronts are being developed as never before in our life times, opening up the access to open water dramatically. This open access is wonderful for the person who understands that environment and has the skills to successfully navigate that. But for every one of those people, there are a hundred thousand more who do not have that knowledge or skills. As a result our drownings and water based accidents rates will sky rocket. In addition, we are being dramatically impacted by our water levels