Thursday, August 18, 2011

Up Early August 18 Pondering Drowning In The Trinity River

I got up way before the arrival of the sun on this 18th morning of August, already heated to 85.2 heading for a scheduled high today of 104.

Sad news, again, from Fort Worth's Trinity Park. A mom drowned trying to rescue her 8 year old son who had somehow fallen into the Trinity River.

The mom did not know how to swim. Bystanders safely pulled the boy from the river.

Currently, due to the drought, the Trinity River is running rather low. What is it about the section of the Trinity River that runs through Trinity Park that causes so many drownings?

Is being taught to swim part of the curriculum in Texas schools like it is elsewhere?

The sun has now sufficiently illuminated the outside world so I can find my way to the pool to go for my morning swim.

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