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Australian teen swims 4 hours to save family swept out to sea
Austin Appelbee swam 4 kilometers in rough seas over four hours to alert rescuers after his family was swept 14 kilometers out to sea near Quindalup, Western Australia.
- On January 30, 13-year-old Austin Appelbee swam for four hours covering 4km to raise the alarm after his family was swept out to sea at Geographe Bay, near Quindalup in Western Australia.
- On Friday, the family had been paddleboarding and kayaking when strong winds and rough seas pushed their inflatables off course, flipping boards and filling the kayak, so Joanne Appelbee sent her oldest child for help because she could not leave the three children alone.
- A search helicopter found Joanne, Beau and Grace clinging to a paddleboard at 8:30 pm, about 14km offshore; `He swam, he reckons, the first two hours with a life jacket on` — Mr Bresland.
- Police Inspector James Bradley said the actions of the 13-year-old boy cannot be praised highly enough, and all four family members were assessed and discharged.
- Officials cautioned that the episode highlights how quickly sea conditions shift, with the agency warning, `Please be mindful of the strong offshore winds that can occur this time of year`, while bull shark attacks have closed around 40 New South Wales beaches.
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A family trip off the Australian coast almost ends in a deadly tragedy. But the 13-year-old son gets help in time against all resistances.
It was a risky departure between mother and child. Austin was born 4 hours "in large waves" and ran 2km to save the family, dragged the sea inside. "I don't feel a hero — I just did what I did".
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13-year-old Austin Appelbee swam for hours to save his family. His mother and siblings, who had drifted out to sea, feared the worst. “If he hasn’t made it, what have I done,” his mother Joanne told the BBC.
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