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Article: Inflatable life jacket for kids displayed Coast Guard visits Bangor boat show
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- April 12, 2004
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BANGOR - Twenty-eight children under the age of 12 died in boating
accidents in the United States in 2002, according to statistics
gathered by the U.S. Coast Guard. Forty percent of the children were
not wearing life jackets.
Members of the local chapter of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary,
the volunteer civilian arm of the organization, are working to lower
that statistic. They attended the annual boat show at the Bangor
Civic Center over the weekend to distribute information about boating
safety.
One member of Flotilla 12 brought along his 9-year-old grandson to
demonstrate an inflatable life jacket for children which recently
became available in retail stores.
"This is the new generation of ...