Water safety is focus of National Safe Kids Week

With summer weather fast approaching, the sponsor of the 2004 National Safe Kids Campaign is focusing its attention on water safety.

Fun in the sun often includes water activities - swimming, boating, fishing, jet skiing, etc. Home water safety, of course, remains critically important since bath tubs and backyard swimming pools also claim lives. Despite a 34 percent decline from 1987 to 1998, drowning remains the No. 2 leading cause of unintentional injury-related death in children 14 years old and under. Nearly 1,000 children die each year from drowning. For every child who dies, four more ar...