>>IT IS THE FACT THAT 10
PEOPLE DROWN EVERY DAY IN
AMERICA DROWNING IS THE SECOND
LEADING CAUSE OF UNINTENTIONAL
DEATH FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE
AGE OF 14 YEARS OLD.
HOWEVER, LEARNING TO SWIM SAVES
LIVES AND REDUCES THE RISK OF
DROWNING BY 88 PERCENT.
AS WE HEAD INTO THE FIRST
OFFICIAL LONG WEEKEND OF THE
SUMMER, WE WANT TO
INVITE DANA
HARVEY, OWNER OF 10 AMP
AQUATICS ON THE SHOW TO TALK
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SWIM
LESSONS.
I KNOW THIS IS YOUR PASSION.
THIS IS HOW WE MET BECAUSE MY
LITTLE LYDIA WAS ITTY-BITTY .
>>SHE CAN SWIM TO THE STATE
AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT.
WHAT AGE SHOULD WE BE LOOKING
OUT FOR OUR
KIDS?
>> I START MY PROGRAM WITH
CHILDREN AT AGE 2 AND RUN ALL
THE WAY THROUGH 10, 11, 12 .
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 95 PERCENT
OF THE CHILDREN I TEACH RIGHT
NOW ARE UNDER AGE 6. >> WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
AS PARENTS WE SHOULD BE ASKING
BEFORE WE SIGN OUR KIDS UP?
>> THE FIRST ONE WILL BLOW YOUR
MIND QUALM YOU NEED TO FIND OUT
IF THAT INSTRUCTOR IS
CERTIFIED.
>> OKAY.
>> IN THE UNITED STATES, THE
ONLY STATE THAT MANDATES
INSTRUCTORS BE CERTIFIED IS
FLORIDA.
IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, ANY
PERSON THAT HAS SWIM OR
WHATEVER CAN SAMEI TEACH
SWIMMING LESSONS.
YOU NEED TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
THERE ARE TWO NATIONAL
CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS.
ONE THROUGH THE YMCA AND THE
OTHER THROUGH THE RED CROSS.
YOU AS A PARENT HAVE THE RIGHT
TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
ARE YOU OR IS THE INSTRUCTOR MY
CHILD WILL BE WITH CERTIFIED.
THAT IS NUMBER ONE.
THE SECOND QUESTION WILL BE,
HOW MANY OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
DOES
THAT PERSON HAVE.
IF YOU FIND YOUR CHILDREN UP
FOR PIANO LESSONS YOU WOULD
WANT TO KNOW.SWIMMING LESSONS
IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO
SAVE YOUR CHILD .
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW.
THEN THE THIRD QUESTION THAT I
ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO ASK
IS WILL THE SAME INSTRUCTOR BE
TEACHING MY CHILD ALL THE
LESSONS?
HIM I GUARANTEE THAT?
THAT IS IMPORTANT.
>> YOU MIGHT GET THE INSTRUCTOR
WITH THE CERTIFICATION ONE DAY
AND THEN ANOTHER FILL IN THE
NEXT.
>> IT IS ABOUT BUILDING A
RELATIONSHIP.
WHAT I AM ASKING THESE KIDS TO
DO IS REALLY HARD.
THEY HAVE TO TRUST ME.
WHEN I SAY WE ARE GOING TO DO
THIS ONE MORE TIME, WE WILL DO
IT ONE MORE TIME.
WHEN I SAY I AM NOT GOING TO
TAKE MY HANDS OFF TO YOU I WILL
NOT DO THAT.
IF YOU KEEP DROPPING A
DIFFERENT INSTRUCTOR IN THEY
ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT SAME
SENSE OF CONFIDENCE AND TRUST
THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE AROUND
WATER.
>> I KNOW MY DAUGHTER WAS
TERRIFIED ABOUT GETTING HER
HEAD WET.
SHE FELT THAT TRUST WITH YOU
AND BY THE END OF IT IT WAS NOT
A PROBLEM.
>> IT HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY.
IT IS ABOUT CONSISTENCY AND NOT
GIVING HIM BECAUSE THERE IS A
CRYING DRUNK OR A TEMPER
TANTRUM OR AND I HATE YOU.
>> I WANT TO READ THILETTER
BECAUSE THIS MOM COULD NOT MAKE
IT ON THE SHOW BUT SHE WANTED
US TO READ THIS.
MY SON LANDRY AND I WERE AT MY
PARENTS POOL, HE HAD BEEN
WEARING AN UPPER BODY FLOATING
VEST ALL DAY.
WE HAD BEEN OUT FOR A FEW HOURS
AND WERE LAYING OUT TOGETHER TO
DRY OFF.
I ASKED HIM WHY HE DIDN'T HAVE
THE DUST ON AT THE TIME TO
START CLEANING UP THE TOYS SO
WE CAN COINCIDE.
I WAS SITTING ON THE CHAIR
OPPOSITE LANDRY AND WATCHED HIM
WALK DOWN THE FIRST OF AND THEN
THE SECOND AND WITHOUT HIM
REALIZING IT HE DIDN'T HAVE IS
A STONE AND THE THIRD STEP.
I WATCHED HIS LITTLE HEAD BOB
UNDER THAT WATER.
IT WAS SILENT, HE MADE NO NOISE
AS HE WENT UNDER REACHING FOR
THAT LAST TOUR.IT HAPPENED IN
A SPLIT SECOND.
I BLINKED AND HE WAS DOWN.
I RAN AND I SCREAMED DO WHAT
MS. DANA TELSEY.
BY THE TIME I REACHED THEM I
SAW HIS CHIN LIFT UP, EYES OPEN
REACHING FOR THE STEP.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WORLD.
BEEN SEEING YOUR CHILD FACED
DANGER.
THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ANY
KID, ANYTHING AT ANY SOURCE OF
WATER.
NO MATTER HOW DILIGENT AND
WATCHFUL YOU THINK YOU ARE, I
AM BEYOND WORDS GRATEFUL FOR
THE LESSONS MS. DANA TEACHES MY
SON EVERY WEEK.
THAT IS A GOOD REMINDER THE
PARENTS NEED TO REALIZE THAT
DROWNING IS SILENT.>> IT IS
NOT LIKE THE MOVIES.
>> IT HAPPENED RIGHT IN FRONT
OF YOU.
>> LANDRY WASN'T BEING BAD.
HIS MOM WASN'T BEING
NEGLECTFUL.
ALL THOSE THINGS, IT JUST
HAPPENS IN A SPLIT SECOND SO
WITH MY PROGRAM BUT I FOCUS ON
FIRST AND FOREMOST IS THE
SAFETY ASPECT THAT THEY ARE
SAFE IN THE WATER AND KNOW WHAT
TO DO IF THEY
EVER GET DOWN THE
STEP TOO FAR OR SLIP IN AND GET
PUSHED AND.
THEY NEED TO KNOW , THEY NEED
TO HAVE THAT REACTION TO GET UP
ON THE BACK AND BE ABLE TO