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  • 13-year-old boy speaks out after swimming miles to save family stranded at sea

    02/05/2026 11:53:46 AM PST · by yesthatjallen · 23 replies
    ABC ^ | 02 04 2026 | Staff
    A 13-year-old Australian boy is speaking out after swimming alone for four hours without a life jacket in order to get help for his mom and siblings, who were stranded at sea. "I just said, 'Not today, not today, not today. I have to keep on going,'" Austin Appelbee told Australia's ABC News. Austin and his family, including his mom Joanne Appelbee and his two younger siblings, said they were on a beach trip on Jan. 30 and had taken a kayak and two inflatable stand-up paddleboards out into the ocean. They said they had planned to stay out in...