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A lot of folks don't know how to swim.
What kind of topic is this?

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/drowning-can-actually-be-silent-and-fast-the-importance-of-knowing-how-to-swim-as-an-adult/

Key snippet:

"People thought they were better swimmers than they actually were," explained Nicole Roschella of the American Red Cross in Pittsburgh. "Eighty-five-percent of Americans said they could swim, but then only a little over half of those people could perform the five basic skills for water competency."
That means almost half, 44-percent to be specific, cannot accomplish those skills to save their lives while in the water.
In order to test your confidence, here's what a U.S. Navy Diver showed us:

• Being able to step or jump into water that's over your head, and being able to come up to the surface while breathing in a relaxed manner.
• Float and tread water for one minute.
• Being able to turn around and find an exit out of the water.
• Swimming 25 yards to the exit out of the water.
• Being able to get yourself out of the water if it's a pool, being able to push yourself out without the help of the ladder.

It's the last two that challenge casual swimmers - if you have never learned to swim you don't need to join a class for 4-year-olds.