US EditionAustralian teen swims 4 hours to save family swept out to sea
Austin Appelbee swam 4km in rough, shark-frequented waters off Western Australia, saving his mother and siblings after they were swept 14km out to sea, police said.
- 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 13-year-old Western Australian boy has been hailed a hero after swimming for four hours through cold and dangerous waters to get help when his family was swept out to sea while kayaking and paddleboarding. Austin Appelbee and his family were on the water near Quindalup when conditions pushed them approximately four kilometres offshore. As the situation worsened, Austin’s mother, Joanne Appelbee, made the difficult decision to send her son towa…
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(CBS, KYMA) - A teenage boy has been hailed a hero after he swam about four kilometers (about two nautical miles) to alert authorities to his mother and two siblings stranded in the water off the coast of Quindalup, Western Australia on January 30. According to WA Police, the family were kayaking and paddle boarding when they were swept out to sea in "rough conditions." Authorities were alerted to the incident at about 6:00 p.m. Australian Weste…
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