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A young man in northern Texas drowned just one hour after his baptism when trying to rescue a teenage girl struggling in the lake.

CrossFit athlete Lazar Dukic drowned Thursday during a competition in Fort Worth, Texas, only 100 yards from the finish line of a swimming event, reports say.

A teenage lifeguard in North Carolina was severely injured when he saved a child from drowning, but he has some inspiring words for others.

A fifth tourist has drowned in Panama City Beach waters in just four days as officials beg beachgoers to “please stay out of the water.”

A Missouri woman has been charged with first degree murder after reportedly admitting to killing both of her children, telling officers she attempted to “sacrifice” her two-year-old son.

Two individuals fell into the sea and were dashed against the rocks six miles apart as the region of north Spain experiences high winds.

A Vermont state trooper plunged into a frigid pond to rescue an 8-year-old girl who had fallen through the ice, with the anxious moment being caught on bodycam. 

A fishing boat carrying dozens of migrants became grounded, killing five people and leaving about 20 missing off the coast of Sicily.

A Utah man is being honored for saving a child’s life when he was trapped in a submerged vehicle on August 22, 2022.

A pair of law enforcement officers and a citizen rushed to assist when two individuals were in desperate need of help on September 10 in Brockport, New York.

Six people died and dozens were rescued when a boat carrying migrants capsized Saturday in the English Channel.

Two police officers acted swiftly when a little girl desperately needed their help on July 22 in El Mirage, Arizona.

Two young heroes are being praised for knowing exactly what to do when another child was in need of help in Fenton, Michigan.

A newly wed man drowned while snorkeling off the coast of Hawaii, and thieves stole the couple’s rental car and belongings.

An April day spent in a Phoenix family pool could have turned deadly had it not been for the intervention of nine-year-old Tenley Homstrom.

The father of the two-year-old boy found inside the mouth of a Florida alligator in Lake Maggiore is accused of drowning his own son. 

Eighteen-month-old twins tragically drowned in a home swimming pool in, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on March 14.

A police officer in Cape Coral, Florida, is being recognized for rescuing an older man from danger on January 19.

A little dog that found himself in a dangerous situation on Friday is safe, thanks to a man in Tonawanda, New York.

An Iowa father and mother are accused of drowning their newborn daughter in the bathtub moments after the child was born.

A three-year-old boy has died after being allegedly pushed by his aunt into Lake Michigan off Chicago’s Navy Pier.

A woman accused of tossing her three-year-old nephew off of Chicago’s Navy Pier into Lake Michigan was denied bail by a Cook County Judge.

Surveillance footage appears to show a woman allegedly showing her three-year-old nephew into Lake Michigan off Navy Pier, according to the sources with the Chicago Police Department.

Three young children were found dead on Coney Island Beach Monday morning, and police have brought the mother in for questioning.

A nine-year-old Utah boy returned home from the hospital after nearly escaping death when he was trapped in a truck submerged under water for over ten minutes.

A boy in Kingston, Oklahoma, saw his mom having a medical emergency in their pool and took swift action that saved her life.

A boy in Marion County, Indiana, recently became a local hero and is being honored for his actions.

Seoul’s government announced plans on Wednesday to ban basement apartments in the South Korean national capital — a style of subterranean home depicted in the Oscar-winning film Parasite — after four people drowned to death in such apartments in recent days during record floods, the BBC reported.

The body of an Arkansas judge was recovered from a lake on Sunday after he went missing. 

A man and his wife from Schenectady County, New York, were enjoying time with family on July 22 at a Lake Ontario bay when the unthinkable happened.

A seven-year-old boy showed incredible courage recently when a toddler was in extreme danger.

A young man was recognized and presented with an award last week for saving a woman earlier this year who fell into icy waters while trying to save her dog.

Corion Evans, a 16-year-old high school student, is being lauded after he heroically jumped into a river to rescue three teenage girls who plunged their vehicle into the river and a police officer who tried saving the girls.

A twelve-year-old Kansas boy and his father are being hailed as heroes for their remarkable caught-on-camera rescue of a drowning 4-year-old boy with nonverbal autism.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has revealed an estimated 600 people have been led by smugglers to their deaths in the first three months of this year, a surge in numbers compared to prior years. According to the IOM,

Over 3,000 people are said to have gone missing or died at sea trying to reach Europe over the course of last year, according to the UNHCR.