As many as ten per cent of the women who attempted to reach Spain illegally by boat in 2021 were killed, double the death rate of male migrants, according to statistics compiled by a Spanish NGO.
DEL RIO, Texas — A 7-year-old Venezuelan child drowned in the Rio Grande after being swept from her mother’s arms Tuesday. The child’s mother attempted to ford the river near the Del Rio International Bridge.
EAGLE PASS, Texas — A migrant drowned in an abandoned industrial waste pit after attempting to flee Texas Army National Guardsmen. The pit is located near the Rio Grande just south of the city. According to a source within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the migrant submerged and did not resurface on Friday night.
Authorities in Texas say a man saved a 63-year-old male motorist from drowning after his vehicle drove off of a ferry dock and plunged into a body of water. The incident occurred in the early evening of December 31 at
A California mother pleaded not guilty after she allegedly attempted to drown her four-year-old son in an irrigation canal in Yuba County.
A 17-year-old Eagle Scout rescued two people who were drowning at the beach this past summer and recounted his story in a recent interview.
The UK’s failure to stop illegal boat migration reportedly took another tragic turn, with three migrants believed to have drowned.
A woman was formally recognized in North Richland Hills, Texas, on Monday after she helped save a drowning toddler.
A family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit after ten-year-old Danika Ross died when she was sucked into an irrigation pipe while swimming in a pond at Cave B Estate Winery in Washington.
A woman in New Jersey admitted drowning a puppy over worries her adopted dog required expensive veterinary care, prosecutors announced.
At least 57 people have drowned off the coast of Libya after another boat carrying migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, as people smugglers continue to operate in the area.
In the first six months of this year, at least 1,146 people have drowned in the Mediterranean as people smugglers resume operations to help migrants illegally cross the sea to Europe.
A 10-year-old Texas boy is being praised for swimming to the bottom of his apartment complex’s pool to save a five-year-old girl recently.
A 10-year-old boy who rescued a family friend in distress at the bottom of a hotel pool is being praised for his quick thinking.
A rescue effort that occurred over the weekend and was caught on camera has placed three Painesville, Ohio, officers in the spotlight.
Authorities have found the body of a 12-year-old boy from Georgia who drowned in a lake while trying to help a younger child in distress in the water.
A New Mexico teen on her vacation to Orlando, Florida, became a hero when she rescued a toddler from drowning.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has accused the Greek coastguard of handcuffing seven asylum seekers and throwing them into the Aegean Sea.
A 26-year-old Afghan migrant faces up to ten years in prison after being charged with child endangerment following the drowning of his six-year-old son while trying to reach Europe by boat from Turkey.
A California boy is being hailed as a hero after he summoned his nurse mother who saved his sister from drowning in the family pool.
A video has emerged of African migrant Ousseynou Sy describing his hatred towards Italians after he tried to set a bus full of Italian children on fire to protest migrants drowning in the Mediterranean.
A Texas family has raised tens of thousands of dollars for a man who saved their little girl from drowning this summer.
At least four migrants have drowned in the English Channel after a boat, reported to be carrying mostly Iranian illegal migrants, capsized on the way to the UK from France on Tuesday. A migrant boat carrying approximately 20 illegal migrants
The Florida beaches may soon become a bit safer to swim in thanks to a 13-year-old’s ingenuity to make a device that would prevent drowning.
Two police officers in Pensacola, Florida, are being hailed as heroes for saving a little girl’s life recently.
An alert off-duty Nassau County, New York, police officer saved a woman from drowning after she got trapped under a marina’s dock Wednesday afternoon.
A Philadelphia man is being honored for his efforts to rescue a struggling swimmer caught in the waves at Wildwood Beach along the Jersey Shore.
A Miami mother allegedly faked her son’s abduction by trying to drown him twice, with witnesses rescuing him from the canal the first time and the second time resulting in his death, officials said.
A Texas fire chief helped save an 18-month-old’s life when the child was in danger of drowning this week.
Marine Maj. William Easter made it his “moral obligation” to dive into the dangerous, choppy seas to save a pregnant Okinawa woman who was drowning.
A young boy in Sarpy County, Nebraska, is being praised for saving a drowning child during a pool party in June.
A 911 dispatcher told a drowning woman to “shut up” in the moments before she died on August 24, reports said.
A previously deported illegal alien has pleaded guilty to strangling and drowning his ten-year-old cousin after attempting to sexually assault her in 2016 in Cherokee County, Texas.
A father of seven drowned Sunday afternoon while trying to save his children from rough waters at Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina.
A woman who was arrested and charged with trying to drown her infant son 11 years ago now stands accused of drowning the now 12-year-old boy.
A New Hampshire woman is accused of pushing her dog into a nearby lake and watching it drown, police said.
A man who reportedly tried to drown himself in a Virginia pool two years ago is suing those who rescued him for failing to intervene sooner.
A woman in upstate New York has been arrested and charged with murder for drowning her ten-day-old son in a bathtub, police say.
Dozens of drivers in Houston on Tuesday banded together to ensure that an elderly man would not be swept away by Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters.
A Fort Campbell soldier is being praised for his heroic actions Sunday after he dove into a river to rescue a drowning autistic teenager who became separated from his family while tubing down the river.
