By Steve Maugeri

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MIAMI, Florida ( WFOR ) — A South Florida swim school is urging water safety after two small children nearly drowned in Fort Lauderdale this weekend. Both incidents involved kids under three, and both needed CPR.

Parents and swimming instructors told CBS News Miami that getting children at ease in the water at an early age can be a big benefit.

The sooner, the better, parents say Daniela Egues wanted her daughter Emilia to learn the ways of the water as early as possible.

“We started the moment that she was able to get into classes like this, so she’s been in swimming classes since six months,” Egues said.

She wants her daughter to get comfortable in the water before she learns how to swim on her own.

“Get her accustomed to the

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