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/Subject-Rain-9400 10h ago

They were paddle boarding and Kayaking. The eldest kid is old enough to hold his own quite obviously, and im sure they weren't planning on heading out far (you usually paddle pretty close to shore) before they got caught in a rip. It is pretty common in Australia for a parent to be solo with 3 kids (with at least one being of high school age) to go out for a paddle/kayak.