Houston City Council Member Tiffany Thomas says the free lessons are a resource for Houstonians to practice water safety and prevent tragedy during the hot summer months.
As the summer months continue, a city council member, Tiffany Thomas, hosts free swimming lessons in the Alief area.The day after two young children drowned in the San Jacinto River, free swimming lessons were offered at the new Alief Neighborhood Center.
Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths among children ages one to four."Our units arrived and learned a 6-year-old male and 12-year-old female went swimming in the water and went under and did not resurface," Major Jesse Razo with the Harris County Sheriff's Office said.Thomas said they want to end that and ensure summer is pleasant for families rather than tragic."The reality is that most families don't know how to swim," Thomas said.
"We have promoted in Vietnamese, Mandarin-Chinese, Spanish, and English," Thomas said. "My intention is to make sure, regardless if you know that the center is here, that if you see this in your language, you find that this is a resource for you." The councilmember hopes to host the lessons yearly with multiple offerings in the summer. Future dates have yet to be announced.For more on this story, follow Mycah Hatfield on
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