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Nearly 800 kids drown annually in US


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SALT LAKE CITY -- A new report from Safe Kids Worldwide shows drowning is much more prevalent than we realized.

Nearly 800 children drown in the U.S. every year, and many of those children have, in fact, had swimming lessons.

Rod Hamson with the Utah Safety Council talked about the new report with Utah's Morning News.

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