Wanda Butts Top Ten Hero of 2012

Wanda Butts was chosen as one of the top ten CNN Hero's of 2012. Her african american son drowned at the age of 16, it was a devastating time period for her, instead of giving up and breaking down, she decided to start safety and security for swimming pools and teaching other kids how to swim. She would like to raise awareness of her mission to make sure parents know how to educate and make swimming safe for their kids. The important key to what she is doing is to drop drowning statistics. She's trying to make lakes and unsupervised swimming prohibited. She wants swimming to be taught more in schools, to have it about 2 classes a week. 

Fun Fact: According to the Centers for  Disease Control and Prevention, African American children between the ages of 5 an 14 drown at the rate of almost three times higher than white children at the same age.

I think it's good what she's doing since the tragic episode with her son. She needs to get out there and not sit around and mope. Swimming is a big part of people's lives and I do agree that it should be taught in schools and places for free. I do not agree with her trying to make unsupervised swimming, as in lakes and rivers, prohibited. That is unfair. People should be able to swim in their own rivers in their back yard without getting in trouble for it. We have lakes and things around so people don't have to go to public pools. 

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/15/us/cnnheroes-wanda-butts-interview/index.html?hpt=us_t5