{"id":80069,"date":"2019-05-25T10:57:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T15:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=80069"},"modified":"2019-05-25T10:57:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T15:57:22","slug":"chicago-officials-promote-water-safety-as-beach-weather-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-officials-promote-water-safety-as-beach-weather-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago officials promote water safety as beach weather approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Nicole Croteau<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Chicago officials met Wednesday to discuss water safety and drowning prevention as summer approaches and the city&#8217;s pools open up for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Drowning is the second highest cause of accidental death for U.S. children between the ages of one and 14, according to the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Chicago officials promote water safety as beach weather approaches\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/338432113?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thezacfoundation.org\/\">ZAC Foundation<\/a>, a non-profit group dedicated to water safety, met with city officials, including representatives from the fire and police departments.\u00a0 ZAC Co-founder Karen Cohn shared her personal story at the meeting on the Near West Side. Her 6-year-old son Zachary drowned after his arm became entrapped in a pool drain.<\/p>\n<p>Plans to develop water-safety precautions for the city were discussed, as well as hopes for creating a nationwide program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is just the beginning,&#8221; said Cohn. &#8220;We\u2019re hoping to implement more and eventually move this into a national drowning prevention program, which doesn\u2019t currently exist in the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Beachgoers on Lake Michigan in Chicago on May 22, 2019.\u00a0 Last year, 22 people drowned in the lake, according to the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project. Five of them were children in the Chicago area. (Nicole Croteau\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nicole Croteau Medill Reports Chicago officials met Wednesday to discuss water safety and drowning prevention as summer approaches and the city&#8217;s pools open up for the season. 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