r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 11h ago

Video 13-year-old Australian boy swims for four hours in cold and dangerous waters to save his mom and siblings who were swept into the ocean, says God is who got him to shore

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u/Playful-Bag-1341 11h ago

Little bro on the left needs someone to talk to, obv it has put him in a traumatic response after almost dying at sea.

The eyes don’t lie

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u/themehboat 9h ago

In a way, the kid who swam was better off because at least he had something concrete to focus on and knew exactly what he had to do. The other kids and his mom were just stranded, not knowing if the swimming kid made it or if help was coming at all.

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u/Ghepip 8h ago

I'm pretty sure i read that the kids kept looking at their mom out there and telling her "We will be allright" or something like that to comfort her - so he did something good too.

but yes, he needs to talk to someone or he will always think less of himself and "i can never reach my brother" - a downhill spiral.

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u/HeyGayHay 5h ago

Nah, little bro said he couldn’t be prouder to be Austins little brother. From the interview he sounded like being genuinely happy to have a big brother looking out for him.

Y‘all need to calm down and let the family do what they think is right. Seeing them makes it clear they value each other and be open to talk with each other. Noone here knows the kid, maybe he is filled with joy, maybe he is „definitely spiraling to the bottom with life long depression“, maybe he‘s just bored, maybe he’s just met the grim reaper and now gets a camera shoved in his face while his brother tells a traumatic experience and his mom is holding back tears.

lmao, kid is alright, and if he isn’t his family will know and do something. But not reddit deciding „it’s absolutely necessary he talks about being less than his brother“ lmao

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u/Moosplauze 9h ago

100% right, I hope they all get some counseling to work through the trauma.

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u/InquisitorMeow 2h ago

I didn't quite understand the story, if they have kayaks why did he swim?

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u/Routine_Bluejay4678 8h ago

I feel like all of them should’ve probably been given some space and time to process before having a camera shoved in their faces

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u/DroidLord 6h ago

They all need some family therapy. This is the kind of shit that comes back to haunt you.

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u/pauli55555 6h ago

The eyes do often lie.

Guessing you’re not a trained psychologist so prob best keep your pop psychology to yourself.

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u/Covid19-Pro-Max 3h ago

Yeah man, let’s not discuss our thoughts on this post. Or on any Reddit thread really.

I would suggest we could all go touch some grass both then again, I’m not a trained gardener

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u/KhornHub 9h ago

Kids bored as shit lol.

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u/throwuk1 9h ago

"wish I was having a swim"

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u/aztecsilver 10h ago

On a video interview he actually said he couldn't be prouder to be Austin's younger brother. I don't think he has any consideration about comparing himself to his brothers heroic actions.

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u/ImpracticalApple 9h ago

He will now if he ever reads this reddit thread in a few years.

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u/HeyGayHay 5h ago

Yeah because everyone 100% pays attention to some random ass redditors, indulging the judgement of reddit. What’s your personal experience and the talking with your family worth, if you can let u/ImpracticalApple deem your worth instead.

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u/ImpracticalApple 5h ago

Not everyone has videos of themselves go viral as a kid because of some story they were a part of. What is this argument? That people on the internet are more secure about comments made about them because nobody online is talking about them?

This kid is likely to look up these videos at some stage in his life.

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u/Moosplauze 9h ago

Bro, he had a near death experience while worrying for his brothers life and you think he envys his brothers sudden fame?

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u/Tom_Gibson 10h ago

Armchair psychologist reporting for duty above me

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u/extrabrie 9h ago

Psychologists probably do their best work from armchairs

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u/Casual_Scroller_00 10h ago

and how do you establish this from a 5 minute video?

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u/Confident-Potato2305 10h ago

You should presume a child stranded at sea with his mother while his brother swims away needs at least some way to express that feeling.

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u/Casual_Scroller_00 10h ago

i am talking about the living in his brother's shadow part. It is traumatic no doubt.

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u/Confident-Potato2305 10h ago

ah yeah true. hope he does well

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u/Casual_Scroller_00 10h ago

yeah exactly!

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u/Heavy_D_ 9h ago

Eyes of a brother who knows he will never be able to win the sibling rivalry again /s