Drowning

According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the state is close to breaking a record, and it's the kind of record we don't want to set. Let's pause and reexamine a few safety measures.

Here's how third-grader at Clifton Elementary School, Stanley, saved another kid from drowning.

Sunday afternoon a child was swimming at Cherry Creek Reservoir when someone realized they couldn't see the child anymore. Emergency crews were called and they found the child submerged underwater.

Winter can be unforgiving in Colorado. In this case, both the predator and prey became the apparent victims of that harsh reality with both being trapped in an icy reservoir.

Authorities recovered two bodies from two different areas along the Colorado River in Grand Junction Sunday (July 18).