Keefe, a former patient at Shriners Children’s Salt Lake City, is on the verge of competing in his second Paralympics.
With a few exceptions, most fourth graders at Cleveland Metropolitan School District's Garfield Elementary School have had little to no experience in pool.
For 6 weeks in the winter, the ski lessons level the playing field for all area School Administrative District 44 families.
Dr. Stephanie Brooks is the dean of the College of Health at Cleveland State University and says studies show there are many reasons why children in communities of color are not swimming.