Mayor Eric Adams has announced the 'Elyjha Chandler and Christian Perkins Swim for Life' class at Erasmus Hall Educational Campus in Brooklyn. The initiative honors two local teenagers who tragically drowned in 2024 and seeks to provide free swim lessons to 18,000 second graders this summer. Adams emphasizes the importance of child safety and community well-being. Elyjha's mother expressed gratitude, highlighting the program as a means of transforming grief into a legacy that promotes safety, hope, and healing in the community.
The most important job we have as a city is to take care of our kids and keep them safe, and that includes ensuring that our young swimmers are safe and protected this summer.
Knowing that their names will be associated with water safety and protecting other families from experiencing this kind of loss brings a sense of purpose to our pain.
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