Every year, the number of drowning victims in our country runs into the hundreds, with the sole exception being four years ago, when there were 99. In 2024, 107 people drowned in Latvia, 112 in 2023, 99 in 2022, 127 in 2021, 130 in 2020, and the trend is similar going back,
On average, five children under the age of 14 drown each year, but most often the victims are men in their prime who think they have the situation under control. Until the moment when water fills their mouths, a...