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This article was found in the New York Time Magazine. It’s about a man’s technique to help infants survive in the case of a drowning. He taught infants how to swim with his methods.

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Big brown eyes opened wide with shock as the cool water hits her five-month-old body. Her mother stood nearby panicked and nervous. Her little baby was dropped in the water with the hope that this swim lesson might save her life someday.

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Everyday two children younger than 14 die of drowning. Some parents are taking a precaution by teaching their infants how to survive and self rescue themselves when in danger in water. Almost 300,000 infants have been taught to self rescue themselves in water by holding their breathe and flipping on their backs to float until help can find them.

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Not many mother’s would condone dropping their infant child in water. Most would have a shocked look slapped on their face if a person recommended that they drop their infant into water. However, almost 300,000 infants have been dropped into the water with the intentions of saving their lives by teaching them self rescue swim.

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A young man with a dream to save infants from drowning. At just the young age of 18, Harvey Barnett, had the determination to create a method to teach babies how to survive if their life becomes endangered in water.

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