Local non-profit teaches kids how to swim to prevent drownings

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A couple weeks ago, a local teenager drowned after jumping off Sunset Cliffs. His friends said that the boy was not a strong swimmer.

The mission of the Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego is to save lives by funding swim lessons for underserved youth and providing aquatic safety education for all.

Buc Buchanan, President of the Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego, was at KUSI to talk about preventing these tragedies.

For more info, visit: http://preventdrowningfoundation.org/.