A 13-year-old boy who was carried out to sea with his mother and two siblings saved his family by swimming four kilometres (2.5 miles) to land for help “in rough conditions,” police in Australia said.
The party were kayaking and paddleboarding off the coast of Quindalup, Western Australia, on Friday afternoon when they were taken out to sea, said the WA Police Force in a statement shared on Facebook on Monday.
The child “decided to return to shore in fading light,” and paddled a short way in his kayak until it took on water, leaving him to swim back and call police at around 6 p.m. local time (5 a.m. ET), said policE The child, Austin Appelbee, told CNN affiliate 9News that thinking of his family propelled him on. I simply said, “Okay.” Not today, not today, not today,’” he said. “I had to continue.
The waves were enormous. I swam breaststroke, I did freestyle, I did survival backstroke,” Austin told the outlet. Marine Rescue Busselton claimed that it was “a great outcome” in a separate statement made on Facebook on Saturday.
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