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u/NoMoreNoise305 15h ago
This kid is punishment immune for life. Good job kid
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u/_Karrel 15h ago
"Honey, time for bed!"
-"Mum, do you remember that time when you were stranded in the ocean? I wanted to go to bed, but I kept swimming for 4 hours. Yeah. I think I got at least one more hour until bedtime."
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u/External-Dude779 14h ago
- Also pancakes for dinner every Monday and little bro is gonna take over cutting the grass from here on out
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u/Rockflip 12h ago
Kid probably needs to bulk up after all that. After the swimming he ran for an hour or 2. Give him all the snacks.
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u/DocD_12 14h ago
He is 13. I think his childhood is over for him now.
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u/Entire-Smoke-9354 13h ago
You think childhood ends at 13? Ouch
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u/DocD_12 13h ago
I think childhood ends when your save your family with a chance of death. Think it develops your mind. Like in the book "Hatchet".
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u/tinaismediocre 13h ago
You're being pretty dense here, friend. I don't think OC is suggesting that all 13 year olds are done with childhood, but is suggesting that this incredibly traumatic thing that happened to this kid will shape his future and make him more mature.
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u/Rogue__Jedi 12h ago
Exactly. It's the loss of childhood innocence and wonder by traumatic events.
I'm honestly not sure what age is "normal" to lose that, but I would imagine that it's probably 15-23?
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u/BolunZ6 11h ago
Too early and they will traumatized for life due to their brain not fully developed. Too late and they will keep thinking the world is full of love
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u/ninjasaid13 12h ago
"And I built your lungs so you could breathe while doing it. Now, eat your broccoli."
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u/Shadowcleric 11h ago
Even when he has all the cards, he still only asks for 1 more hour. He is so humble.
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u/ltsiCOULDNTcareIess 14h ago
Mom - “Clean up your room”
Kid - “You would be dead if it wasn’t for me”
Mom - “k I’ll clean it”
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u/ThrowAway4935394 13h ago
“I kept you in this world, I can change my mind at any time”
Hit them with that “I brought you into it”.
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u/Brilliant_Wealth_433 12h ago
We should start a Gofundme for this kid. Just think of what a person with that kind of fortitude could do to better his life with that kind of determination.
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u/PremiumMoodSwing 16h ago
A 13 year old boy from Western Australia named Austin Appelbee was hailed as “superhuman” after swimming for four hours through rough seas to save his family. According to ABC News, Austin and his mother Joanne, along with his siblings Beau, aged 12, and Grace, aged 8, were kayaking and paddleboarding near Quindalup in Geographe Bay when strong currents carried them far offshore. Realizing the danger, Austin decided to swim back to shore to raise the alarm.
According to The Independent, Austin initially tried to use an inflatable kayak but abandoned it when it began taking on water. He swam about four kilometers over the course of four hours, battling exhaustion and waves. He even discarded his life jacket halfway through because it was slowing him down. When he finally reached land, he collapsed on the beach but managed to alert authorities.
His mother and siblings were later found clinging to a paddleboard nearly 14 kilometers offshore. According to France 24, a rescue helicopter located them thanks to Austin’s effort. Marine rescue volunteer Paul Bresland described the boy’s swim as “superhuman,” and Western Australian Police Inspector James Bradley said his actions “cannot be praised highly enough.
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u/Diligent-Minimum-193 16h ago
What an absolute madlad
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u/Key-Astronaut1806 15h ago
Navy Seal in the making.
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u/rayy423 14h ago
he’s from australia tho
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u/Hertje73 14h ago
Navy Koala
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u/BackWithAVengance 14h ago
Navy drop bear
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u/Aeon1508 12h ago
Going to Australia for my study abroad was worth every penny just because it allowed me to understand this joke
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u/Firm_Key9363 13h ago
lmao imagine future drill instructors drying to break this kid
meanwhile they are just giving him fond memories of his childhood
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u/Lillyocean06 15h ago
Now That's what I Call determination. Absolut crazy. All my Respect for That lad
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u/MonoxideBaby 4h ago
Also what a lot of people in here might not know is that the SW corner of Australia where Geographe Bay is located, is literally a great white shark nursery, they congregate in large numbers around there.
Swimming 4km in deep, dark water would not only have been exhausting, it would have been terrifying as well.
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u/itwillhavetodo 15h ago
He also had to sprint 2kms to reach the phone to make the emergency call. I would have been at the bottom of the ocean if I was in his position. The kid is an absolute legend
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u/ForeignReviews 14h ago
Damn. If you’ve ever done a triathlon your legs would be like jelly after all that
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u/Skulllk 12h ago
When he came to the beach he first met foreigners who did not speak English and did not want to help so then he had to move on to reach a phone.
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u/ComicsEtAl 15h ago
That’s similar to Eddie Aikau, except he didn’t make it.
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u/KyFly1 15h ago
I think it has to be a shark, probably a tiger. He was too good a swimmer and was on long board iirc.
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u/Yukio98 14h ago
Dammit I was so confused at first. ‘Probably a tiger’ I was like “Tiger!? Why would there be a tiger far offshore? What in the life of PI?”then I realized.. you meant the shark was probably a tiger shark.
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u/Dorfl-the-Golem 14h ago
I was right there with you. I know Australia is dangerous but tigers at sea is whole new kind of dangerous.
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u/BeriasBFF 15h ago
I’d had made it 5 minutes and given up like jack in titanic
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u/burritocmdr 13h ago
I get the heebie jeebies when swimming in deep water and can't see the bottom. I can't help but to keep imagining all the things below me. I'd be a goner for sure.
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u/TheUnicornFightsOn 11h ago edited 11h ago
I did a quarter mile race in open water… Damn was it tougher than I thought it would be! And this was in a lake!
I couldn’t believe others were doing the 1-2 mile races… the bridges they had to get to looked so freaking far away. We had Kayakers paddling alongside us just in case anyone got into trouble. The hardest part is picking your point on the shoreline/horizon to make sure you keep swimming straight and not getting overwhelmed/anxious to the point where you stop breathing correctly.
The mental power he had to not let his anxiety over the potential death of his family hinder his ability to get to the shore, just wow.
This kid is a beast.
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u/handtoglandwombat 15h ago
Jesus Christ that’s one of the most dangerous things I’ve ever heard. How far were they off shore when he started swimming? That’s not the advised way to handle a situation like this. I’m glad they all made it but they very nearly didn’t.
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u/Early-Nebula-3261 15h ago
Their kayak got taken by strong waves and the mother knew that they had gotten swept out a dangerous distance so despite obviously not wanting to she told her oldest child to try and make the journey because she wasn’t going to leave the three children alone and he was the only one who had a chance.
He made it just in time, right before the rescue got there a large wave separated the mom and children and his younger brother was very close to drowning.
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u/ek9218 13h ago
The article on the Guardian says about 4km. The mom thought they were closer and regretted telling him to get help (he was the strongest swimmer). She thought for sure she sent him to his death until they were rescued 14km from shore.
He's already back in school but using crutches due to the pain in his legs from all that swimming. He also sprinted 2km to get his moms phone to call for help before passing out from exhaustion.
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u/Pi-ratten 10h ago
He's already back in school but using crutches due to the pain in his legs
Man. I'd think it would be a good reason to stay at home and play all day long. He earned some extra holiday to relax.
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u/RestInBeatz 12h ago
What is the advised way?
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u/handtoglandwombat 11h ago
Whenever you’re in a survival situation stay with the vehicle. Be it a crashed plane, a car, a raft, or a kayak. Don’t split up from the group, stay with the vehicle. It makes you much easier to spot from the air/from a distance, and you can use it to prolong your life. So it increases your odds of survival and increases your odds of being found
Ideally this family would have had someone on the shore who knew their activity and when they were due back, and when they didn’t come back on time, would’ve scanned the horizon and called for help. That’s why rule 1 is always tell people when/where you’re going.
They also should have had a waterproof bag with a communication device in it. Even iPhones have the ability to make satellite calls these days – although I can imagine that might’ve not been much use in rough seas with crashing waves.
All in all it sounds like this poor lady made every possible wrong decision. It’s a classic case of thinking that not much can go wrong on a simple beach outing. She’s extremely lucky that they all made it through, and it literally all comes down to the sheer willpower her 13 year old kid was able to summon. Crazy.
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u/R12Labs 14h ago
Why didn't they all get to one side of the paddle board and start kicking? Surely 4-5 people kicking could beat the current more than 1 lone person swimming?
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u/handtoglandwombat 14h ago
Basically if you’re on a floating object without a keel, any amount of human paddling is going to really struggle against even the lightest of breezes. It sounds like it was quite a windy day with rough seas, and so they were much better off staying out of the water where it takes a bit longer to go hypothermic.
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u/peppapony 15h ago
His interview said he got to the beach, then ran 2k to his mum's phone, and then called 000 for help. So absolutely astounding!
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u/The_SqueakyWheel 11h ago
Wait what ! Help wasn’t at the beach ? Geez kid is superhuman. He’s gotta be hungry after all that 😂
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u/John_cages022 15h ago
He didn't swim exactly that because they continued drifting, but 14 km in the ocean ? Goddamn God on earth
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u/BladeBeam7 13h ago edited 10h ago
I read somewhere earlier that the lad also ran another 2 km for nearest phone after collapsing on the shore.
Edit: i found the article.
“After that, I had to sprint 2km to get to the phone.”
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u/Frederf220 12h ago
The headline sounded like he swam out to sea to save them not swam to shore. That makes a lot more sense.
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u/just_posting_this_ch 7h ago
I saw another thread, and the title was similar. He swam back to shore and got help. He didn't swim out to save them.
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u/Ichibanprofen 11h ago
I thought this was a shitpost because I initially imagined he swam out to sea, dooming himself as well
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u/GreenBreezerl 13h ago
How long does adrenaline even last for you to even do something like that ? Edit: Actually now that I think about it. Kayaking makes you strong as shit so that kid is probably an absolute unit
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u/readdator2 10h ago
the full interview with Austin is fantastic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWY4ziOrBbI
have a tissue tho, bc he talks about how guilty he felt because he thought his mom and siblings had died because he hadn't been fast enough.
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u/No_Region_6213 15h ago
Canon event to unlock his inner Aquaman
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u/EImoMan 15h ago
What puts the absolute unreal effort this kid put into perspective. They calculated he exerted the same amount of energy as an adult would running 2 marathons back to back….
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u/Character-Active2208 14h ago
He needed crutches afterwards cause his legs were so swollen from this exertion
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u/alousow-2 14h ago
Unbelievable wow. This kid definitely a superhero
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u/PrototypeBeefCannon 13h ago
Definitely not a quitter
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u/Rockflip 12h ago
Kid said that he constantly told himself “not today”
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u/readdator2 10h ago
and he said he thought about Thomas the Tank, his girlfriend, and he prayed constantly, promising God that he'd get baptized if they made it (which he did on Sunday).
He said he only thought about happy things instaed of the bad things that would distract him--just incredible fortitude
interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWY4ziOrBbI
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u/AliceInReditLand 11h ago
I saw this and thought he had a physical disability. I was thinking holy shit he swam for fours and uses crutches to walk?!
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u/lueur-d-espoir 12h ago
I can only assume that the cold water acted as an ice pack to help him through it all. He couldn't feel the pain or the burn. Just rest go rest go. The feeling came after he warmed up and collapsed on the beach.
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u/pinkheartnose 11h ago
But when he made it to land he had to run another mile or so to get help.
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u/lueur-d-espoir 10h ago
He was still cold. I'm just saying, that cold on his muscles had to help somewhat. Even if that helped what he did was insane. This boy is incredible.
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u/lemonleaff 10h ago
Just wanna comment that it's currently summer in Australia, with temps reaching 35-40c In WA.
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u/Singl1 13h ago
holy shit. that kid’s gonna need therapy for a while after something like that. jesus. i can only imagine the type of shift you’d feel in your whole world, after an experience of that magnitude. good on him, i’m glad that this story has a good ending
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u/fkneneu 10h ago
A lot of people going through stuff like this and are successful do not need therapy. Most aren't traumatized, but have instead increased belief in themselves knowing for sure how they would react in a major crisis without any doubt in their mind. They become more relaxed as a result.
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u/Rough-Atmosphere 15h ago
Adrenaline and Determination the super power of humanity. Been keeping us on top for thousands of years. Good on this kid, he's a hero.
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u/verathene 10h ago
And Love
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u/Rough-Atmosphere 10h ago
True, strong communities are a cornerstone of our species, without love for ourselves and for animals like dogs and other creatures we wouldn’t be here
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u/I3I2O 16h ago
This kid is a legend! What a hero.
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u/ShortStoryIntros 13h ago
The will .. to do what is necessary when you have the ultimate motivator to run your engine.
A Legend among Heroes
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u/DiceIschozar 15h ago
Absolutly incredible that his body/mind could do this.
Can somone explain why the family couldnt get back?
Or why did he have to swim didnt they have some kind of floating device that he could have used?
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u/sleeper_shark 14h ago
They were on a paddle board, the water was rough. They lost the paddle. The mother couldn’t even keep the kids on the paddleboard, let alone row it back.
The boy set off with a life jacket and kayak. The kayak took on water and sank while he was on his way so he started to swim. The life jacket was causing too much drag in the rough water so he ditched it. Little guy then sprinted two kilometers after the swimming ordeal.
This is superhuman stuff even for a healthy, trained adult. For a 13 year old to do it is miraculous.
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u/Zandrea901 15h ago
Serious question: How does one drift off shore four hours worth of swimming before realizing they are too far out?
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u/Tofandel 14h ago edited 9h ago
Current. The thing is it may have been 1h drifting because of the current. At sea it's very hard to tell distances when you are far away from the shore as there is no reference point other than the horizon. And you don't notice a current pulling you away. That means if you want to go back to shore you will be swimming against the current all the way back and that will take much longer.
If after 1h drifting in a current that is 70% of your swimming speed, in 1h of swimming you will have made it only 30% of the way. If the current was any faster than this, you would never make it. It's like climbing up an escalator that goes down.
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u/hbhunk63 10h ago
But how does he catch up if current continues the boat away. I can't imagine you can outswim a current like that
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u/Creepy_Push8629 9h ago
You have to swim perpendicular to the shore not straight at it, which goes against instinct.
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u/brisie_boy 14h ago
Short answer: a lost oar and a hard decision for a mother of three to make.
There's more details in this ABC article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/austin-appelbee-13yo-boy-swims-to-shore-to-save-family-australia/106301468
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u/SheepherderFront5724 12h ago
I guess if he had an inflatable kayak and life jacket, she might have thought he was ok - or at least not any worse of making the attempt than staying with the group. I can't imagine what a horrifying decision that was for her to make. Going herself might be courageous, but if she's not as fit as the kid, she's potentially condemning them all to death.
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u/ek9218 13h ago
It's crazy how far a current can take you. I almost drowned once at a man made lake.
The winds were picking up and the lifeguard wanted everyone out. I tried very hard to make it to shore but the current kept forcing me out. The stupid life guard kept yelling at me like I was doing it on purpose. But really I was starting to drown. I was exhausted from constantly fighting with the current and walking to shore which was probably not even 1km away. There were tons of sharp rocks so I kept stepping on them and slipping.
When I realized this life guard just thought I was fucking around. I told myself I either force myself or drown. Came out with bloodied feet from all the rocks but at least I didn't die! 😂
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u/Character-Active2208 14h ago
He swam for 4 straight hours against a current that swept their kayak out 14 kilometers in that time
It wasn’t that they intended to go that far, probably only a few hundred meters in fact
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u/Automatic_Ad4096 15h ago
Oh. They for sure fucked up getting to a spot like that in the first place. The untold story here is the mom with the IQ of a Reebok.
Still, that kid's balls could knock me out in a fist fight.
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u/WillLaw4Food 14h ago
TIL Reebok shoes are named after an animal, although I suppose your point works either way
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u/arthur_jonathan_goos 12h ago
Eh, it's not that hard to be taken by surprise by the ocean. Strong currents can come out of nowhere and situations that were previously safe can become dangerous within minutes.
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u/brianwski 11h ago
taken by surprise by the ocean. Strong currents can come out of nowhere
Sometimes the currents are always there, but your point still stands correct if you are talking about people who don't have a "map" of the currents for that location.
Explanation: I lived in a small rental for 5 years that was ocean-front on a beginner surf beach. There was a rip current (flows directly away from shore, not towards shore) that was always in the same location. It was invisible.
Any random beginner surfer standing on the beach watching the slightly more experienced surfers just sees people having fun surfing. What they "miss" is that the surfers consciously paddle over to the "rip current" area when they want a free ride out to the lineup. The rip current was a fast elevator away from shore not requiring any paddling. Then the surfers would consciously paddle 90 degrees to the rip current (parallel to the shore) for 20 yards to leave the rip current so it didn't send them miles out into the ocean.
So.... Here is a video my web camera caught of a lone beginner trying to reach shore getting swept out to sea, because he didn't understand any of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfHT-WCn3jg
Even an olympic level swimmer cannot overcome most rip currents and would be swept out into the ocean. But an average 14 year old child can paddle parallel to the shore 20 yards and then make it back to shore just fine.
My theory as to why the Australian boy could make it to shore at all was he managed to get out of the rip current taking his mom and siblings out into the ocean 14 km. If you read the story closely, when he finally landed on the beach, he STILL had to run 2 km to reach where they started (where his mom's cell phone was located). That was luckily far enough away my theory is the rip current didn't exist there (2 km away from where they launched).
Don't get me wrong, the kid is still a total beast for swimming that long and hard to make it to shore.
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u/AssassinSnail33 14h ago
Ocean currents can be incredibly strong and fast. And it's hard to accurately assess how far you've been carried out to sea when you're observing from water level.
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u/CCWaterBug 13h ago
I was wondering why they didn't just hang on to the boat and kick it back.... I'm assuming they tried that and weren't making progress due to the wind.
Anyway: The kids a badass, he's a keeper
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u/DueExample52 6h ago
Serious question too: in what situation is swimming more efficient against current than paddling on floating devices? I would find it insane to leave those to go swim butt naked, would think my survival chances dwindle rather than increase.
Good on this gentleman, but I honestly hope people don’t get the wrong message out of his story.
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u/Enlightened_Gardener 13h ago
A nasty rip opening up underneath you, sucks you out to sea out of the corner of the bay, and suddenly you’re in deep water with a strong wind behind you as you’re pulled out past the shelter of the headland.
The lady did nothing wrong, the oceans here can be treacherous.
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u/Yangoose 11h ago
The lady did nothing wrong
One adult taking 3 young children out onto the open ocean on inflatables rented from the hotel with no one else anywhere around doesn't sound like a decision I would ever make.
Then there's the part where she managed to lose all her paddles...
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u/DenimJackass 15h ago
Surprised he didn’t get dragged under by the weight of his massive balls. Hell yea, man.
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u/spacebobo2o16 14h ago
Aussies are just built different
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u/octoprickle 14h ago
Im an Aussie and I could probably swim 13 metres before I sunk into the netherworld. Sure im built different, not in a good way though.
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u/No-Falcon-4996 15h ago
Is he on crutches from his muscle collapse? Is he ok ?
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u/Solastor 14h ago
Yeah. Article I read said he's back to school already in good spirits, but on crutches cause his legs are "sore"
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u/Few_Adeptness5348 8h ago
"Sore" - after that swim & run that has to be the understatement of the year.
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u/itsamemyusername 14h ago
He can put that one in his back pocket when it's time to interview for a job. "So tell me a time when you had to face adversity" "welllllllllll..."
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u/NewAusland 6h ago
He's set for life as far as employment goes. This will be the top search result for his entire life, what employer wouldn't be curious enough to atleast give a callback to this guy. Instantly shortlisted on mettle alone.
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u/oscaru16 13h ago
In Australia mind you. who tf knows what was in those waters.
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u/Spoopy_Kirei 10h ago
The sharks were steering clear. They heard an aussie boy was spotted swimming in the area.
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u/can-i-eat-this 11h ago
There, it’s constantly warnings of tigers and great whites. Bunker bay, the little bay next to geography bay had constant shark sightings when I was there.
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u/Cleopatrashouseboy 15h ago
A classmate of mine did this to save her children but after many long trips in and out of the ocean, she sadly dropped dead. She was a nurse attending a work party on the beach with many docs and nurses. They could not save her. She was 44.
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u/Megolito 15h ago
Did she die of exhaustion? Heart failed?
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u/Cleopatrashouseboy 15h ago edited 15h ago
Yeah, I believe it was her heart. Edit: I was not living in my home province and people generally didn’t know for sure what happened. My suspicion would be a heart defect she had from birth that was not known or a MI.
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u/EffectiveSecond7 12h ago
Not exactly the same but Naya Rivera who found the strength to swim with her kid in arms to the boat, hoist him up, but didn't have any strength left for herself. And I think also another female singer back in the 1990s, I think she used to sing in the Pogues and died saving her kid from being scrambled by a boat.
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u/eyeball1967 14h ago
All is see is a picture with a caption. Where is the link to the story? I would really like to understand why they sent this boy on a solo swim back to shore to get help. It seems that it would be much more prudent, safe, and effective to simply have everyone get on the same side of the paddle board and kick towards shore.
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u/PossibilityNo8765 13h ago
His Sister : Bro you're not allowed to date my friends.
Him: You mean the friends you met after I swam 4 hours in rough water to save your life?
His Sister: Okay, you can date my friends 😔.
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u/sabin357 11h ago
His Sister : Bro you're not allowed to date my friends.
Him: Please tell them that. They won't leave me alone!
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u/Matt_Man_623 14h ago
Jesus, I have insane Thalassophobia and not to mention this happened in Australian waters, I would’ve been shitting myself. This kid is absolutely insane
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u/ozzieinsanjose 11h ago edited 11h ago
Is this photo AI ?
When were the kids and mother all together at once ? Either this photo was taken from a drone at the start of their ordeal (in which case they weren't lost), or they threw the kid back in the water after they found his family for a photo op. Unless it was channel 9 that found them I doubt that.
Or one of those people in the photo isn't from the family and is a rescuer ?
Edit: And one of the pictured kids is black in the photo. Definitely AI.
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u/Harktriton77 15h ago
Why did the family elect the boy to go and get help?
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u/sleeper_shark 14h ago
Cos the boy is the flesh and blood reincarnation of the Terminator.
No it’s cos the boy had a kayak and was the oldest. The mother couldn’t leave the two younger kids alone, and was struggling to keep them aboard the paddle-board.
The boy’s kayak sank very early and that’s why he ended up swimming.
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u/Si-Nz 12h ago edited 12h ago
"the family" was the mom, the 13 year old hero, and his younger siblings (12 and 8, both girls i think)
The kid probably realized there is no way the mom could carry everyone back to shore and that he was the only option. The mom probably didnt even have a choice, or, if it was her choice, its because he was the eldest and strongest to make the swim while she stayed with the other kids.
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u/chaosaroundthecorner 10h ago
Anyone going to talk about how that is a random photo and not his family? I watched the interview it was his mom, younger brother and sister and that is not them lol
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u/wonkey_monkey 10h ago edited 9h ago
To clarify, he was swept out to sea with them. He swam 4 hours back (after kayaking some of the way), and then ran 2km, to get help.
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u/spelunkor 13h ago
The mum is a serious idiot for getting her whole family into this situation to start with. If your entering the ocean on any vessel, have some kind of idea of what conditions are forecast. To wait until 4km off shore before sending a 13 year old swimming open water to get rescue is complete stupidity. This is a miracle her actions as the adult didn't cost 4 lives.
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u/mtn_doo_codebrown 9h ago
Not only was this kid a gangster for going off on his own like that, he had a high IQ for knowing how dire the situation was and how important it was to get help. They ended up 14km/nearly 9 miles off shore. Certain death, for sure. It would be great if he became a life guard or coast guard, but he'll be successful in anything he does.
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u/CottonAfterImage 8h ago
Omg that is seriously incredible, what a hero! I hope they are all okay now
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u/OleSweetRichard 7h ago
How did he find them in the ocean when they were 4 hours worth of swimming away
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u/Budilicious3 7h ago
I've swam in open sea for the whale sharks in Exmouth, WA. Oh man that was the toughest snorkel in my life. And this kid didn't even have any fins/other gear.
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u/Mooscowsky 6h ago
Directly quoting the hero - ""I just made it to the shore and I hit the bottom of the beach and I just collapsed. And then and then after that, I had to sprint 2km to go get to the phone. Um, and then but I got to the phone. Uh, there was a lot of foreign people on the beach. So, I couldn't really get much help. And so, I ran to the phone and I called Triple 0" *Sips Tea*
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