Adults Learning to Swim Past Age 50: ‘It's Never Too Late to Learn'

We’re wrapping up Swim Week on NBC 5 Today, NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen teams with the local YMCA to help prevent childhood drowning deaths this summer.But it's not just kids. According to the Red Cross, one in five adults in the United States can't swim.Streaming 24/7: Watch NBC 5 local news and weather for free wherever you areYMCA locations across North Texas offer adult swimming lessons to help people take the plunge and push past the fear.“You’re just never too old to learn anything,” said Angela White, who didn’t learn how to swim until 53 years old. “As long as your mind is still there, you can learn anything that you put your foot forward to. I just told myself, 'Angela, you can do it, you can do it, you can do it.' And it’s really just had an impact on me.”329 medal events. 32 sports. Endless drama. Catch all the action at the Paris Olympics. Sign up for our free Olympics Headlines newsletter. She and others have found confidence in the water after taking adult swimming lessons at...