Boy, 13, describes 'superhuman' swim to save family
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Austin Appelbee, 13, has made global headlines for his epic four-hour journey through rough surf to sound the alarm that his family was stranded, clinging to paddleboards, off the coast of Western Australia ’s South West on Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Teen swims 4km to rescue stranded family.
It was a decision no parent should ever have to make, but for Joanne Appelbee it was a matter of life or death - sending her eldest child, Austin, on an hours-long swim to save her and his siblings.
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“One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make was to say to Austin ‘try and get to shore, get some help, this could get really serious really quickly’,” mum Joanne Appelbee said. “ (Austin) set off to do that and the winds picked up and we started getting blown further back.