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In a couple of weeks, the kids will be out of school and families will be taking summer vacations.
Many of them will spend time around water.
So that your summer fun doesn't turn to summer tragedy, we're taking action to help you protect your children or grandchildren.
We found an interesting video from infantswim.com on youtube.
It shows just how quickly a small child can get into trouble.
In a matter of seconds, a toddler falls into a swimming pool.
But the baby has been taught lifesaving skills to survive the accident.
And your child can learn those same lifesaving skills that are taught by instructors in Florence, Decatur and Huntsville.
11 month old Thad McCary knows exactly what to do to survive if he falls into water.
His mom Carrie says it's amazing how fast her son has learned to hold his breath and float on his back.
Thad is the youngest of 3 children in the McCary family.
His parents decided to take him to Infant Swimming Resource instructor Caroline Espy because they're around pools all summer and they live on a golf course where there's a water hazard.
According to the Safe Kids Coalition, 58 percent of parents don't consider drowning a threat to their children.
Carrie McCary says, "For my husband and I, there was that thought. We're always at a pool if they're at somebody's home or the lake. I think I feel a little more comfortable knowing that we intervened in the beginning and taught them a little water safety."
But it does happen.
2 year old Bronner Burgess, the son of radio personality Rick Burgess, drowned when he wandered outside the family home in january 2008 and fell into the pool.
Small children are just naturally curious about water.
As ISR instructor Caroline Espy pointed out, "It's sparkly, it's shiny, they're curious. They love it. Bath time's fun so they're going to be drawn to any water they see."
Espy became an ISR instructor so she could teach her own children to swim.
Many of them will spend time around water.
So that your summer fun doesn't turn to summer tragedy, we're taking action to help you protect your children or grandchildren.
We found an interesting video from infantswim.com on youtube.
It shows just how quickly a small child can get into trouble.
In a matter of seconds, a toddler falls into a swimming pool.
But the baby has been taught lifesaving skills to survive the accident.
And your child can learn those same lifesaving skills that are taught by instructors in Florence, Decatur and Huntsville.
11 month old Thad McCary knows exactly what to do to survive if he falls into water.
His mom Carrie says it's amazing how fast her son has learned to hold his breath and float on his back.
Thad is the youngest of 3 children in the McCary family.
His parents decided to take him to Infant Swimming Resource instructor Caroline Espy because they're around pools all summer and they live on a golf course where there's a water hazard.
According to the Safe Kids Coalition, 58 percent of parents don't consider drowning a threat to their children.
Carrie McCary says, "For my husband and I, there was that thought. We're always at a pool if they're at somebody's home or the lake. I think I feel a little more comfortable knowing that we intervened in the beginning and taught them a little water safety."
But it does happen.
2 year old Bronner Burgess, the son of radio personality Rick Burgess, drowned when he wandered outside the family home in january 2008 and fell into the pool.
Small children are just naturally curious about water.
As ISR instructor Caroline Espy pointed out, "It's sparkly, it's shiny, they're curious. They love it. Bath time's fun so they're going to be drawn to any water they see."
Espy became an ISR instructor so she could teach her own children to swim.
