article_snippet.sent: Kids between one and four have the highest rates of drowning than any group in the nation. '
article_snippet.sent: Maybe the baby turned or there were bubbles or the instructor got in the way.
article_snippet.sent: his was spurred along after hearing a story about an 18-month old baby who drowned in a pool at a family reunion where over 40 people were present, yet the baby died after being left unattended.
article_snippet.sent: The babies in the pictures are being taught to 'self-rescue,' in which babies are taught to hold babies breath underwater, kick babies feet, turn over to float on babies backs and rest until help arrives.
article_snippet.sent: The technique was pioneered in the late '60s by Harvey Barnett, who at 18 became determined to teach infants to swim after the drowning of a neighbor's child.