var items = new Array (new ImageMetaData('In this photo provided by Daniel Johnson, USA Swimmer Cullen Jones  helps Tavion Traynham with the kick board while giving swim lessons to six eight-year-olds at the Butler-Gast YMCA in Omaha on Friday, March 14, 2008. Jones was giving a lesson as part of USA Swimming\'s Make A Splash program. Jones also spoke to students at the Skinner Magnet Center School before the swim lesson. Nearly 60 percent of African-American children can\'t swim, almost twice the figure for white children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey which USA Swimming hopes will strengthen efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more blacks into the sport. (AP PHOTO/Daniel Johnson) **NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT**','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/HEALTH/080501/g-hlth-080501-blackswimmers-2p.jpg','4:38 p.m. ET, 5/1/08','Daniel Johnson / ASSOCIATED PRESS','Associated Press',24412209));