#bbc.com. #Feb.11.2026 × Emergency call released of boy who swam for hours to save family. Austin Appelbee, 13, swam to get help for his mother and siblings after they were swept out to sea.
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.11.2026 × ‘We need a helicopter to go find them’: 13-year-old’s emergency call to save family stranded off WA coast revealed. Austin Appelbee told authorities he was ‘really scared’ after swimming 4km in rough seas to get help for mum and two siblings
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#aljazeera.com. #Feb.04.2026 × Australian boy swims for hours in rough seas to save his family. A 13-year-old boy swam over four kilometres to alert rescuers after his family was swept out to sea in Australia.
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.04.2026 × Mother says asking 13-year-old son to swim four hours to save family ‘one of the hardest decisions’ ever made. ‘What have I done?’ thought Joanne Appelbee as she waited for rescue with her two other children in rough seas off Western Australia
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#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.03.2026 × When his family was swept out to sea, boy swam and ran miles to save them. Austin Appelbee is being hailed as a hero after he rescued his family. “I couldn’t feel how tired I was,” the 13-year-old said of his hours-long feat.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.02.2026 × Geographe Bay: Teen swims hours to save family stranded off Western Australia. The 13-year-old swam 4km in rough water after his mother and siblings were swept out to sea off the coast of Western Australia.
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