'Don't do it, don't go for a swim' - man whose brother drowned in canal issues urgent summer safety warning
A man whose brother drowned in a canal on a night out has issued an urgent warning to all over the summer months, saying: "You just wish people wouldn't do it - don't go for a swim. But they don't seem to listen."
Tony said the tragedy still devastates his family 12 years on - and he is reminded of his brother's passing every summer when he sees similar water deaths in the news, often involving youths. At least 15 people - mostly teens - have died in open water this summer already. "Just because it’s hot, you don’t know what it can do to your body, you can get into real trouble. Whether you mean to go in or not. You just wish people wouldn’t do it, don’t go for a swim. But they don’t seem to listen."
"Sometimes in the summer he would swim in the canal. He’d have his jeans on and take his T-shirt off. He did that a few times. I didn’t because I can’t swim."
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