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This concurrent resolution recognizes May as Water Safety Awareness Month in Louisiana and designates May 14th as "Louisiana Water Safety Awareness Day" in response to alarming drowning statistics, particularly among children ages one to four. The resolution highlights that drowning is a preventable tragedy, with Louisiana experiencing a sixty percent increase in infant and child drowning deaths from 2019 to 2020, and previously ranking fourth nationally in child drowning rates. The resolution specifically honors Mazie Leah Broussard, a seventeen-month-old who tragically died by accidental drowning in October 2020, and commends her parents, Heather and Adam Broussard, for founding Mazie's Mission, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting water safety education and drowning prevention. By formally recognizing this initiative, the resolution aims to raise awareness about critical water safety practices such as active supervision, swim education, installing physical water barriers, and using flotation devices, while also supporting the efforts of national organizations like the American Red Cross and the National Drowning Prevention Alliance to prevent water-related accidents and fatalities.

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