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As we look around the world today we find that Americans are not alone in the fact that for the most part, we are a non-swimming country. Not to confused with a nation that loves the water and water related activities, but rather a country where the general population cannot really swim. We seem to believe if we can struggle our way across the town swimming pool or we do not have to stop to catch our breath for at least a hundred yards we must be swimmers. In fact, the average water rescue person in this country is a poor swimmer. The drowning rate in our country combined with the standard distances of drowning victims off shore demonstrates that if they could swim, all or better of our nations drowning might never have happened.