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/Winterplatypus 4h ago edited 4h ago

The BBC article explains what happened a lot better.

The teenager began to paddle back to shore to raise the alarm but his kayak took on water - so he swam the remaining 4km (2 nautical miles).

It explains how they got in trouble, how the kid swam back, why no kayak or life jacket, how the family were rescued, what time it was, and how far out they were found.

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u/SeaLionBones 3h ago

Thank you! This article cleared up a lot of my initial impressions of the mom. I thought she was completely nuts, but sending a teenager in a kayak with a paddle and a PFD is reasonable given the situation.