{"id":63273,"date":"2026-02-03T12:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T12:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/boy-swims-2-5-miles-to-save-mom-siblings-swept-out-to-sea-superhuman\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T12:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T12:46:46","slug":"boy-swims-2-5-miles-to-save-mom-siblings-swept-out-to-sea-superhuman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/boy-swims-2-5-miles-to-save-mom-siblings-swept-out-to-sea-superhuman\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy swims 2.5 miles to save mom, siblings swept out to sea: &#8220;Superhuman&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving the lives of his mother and two younger siblings with an hourslong swim after the family was swept out to sea off the Australian coast.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Appelbee swam 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) to shore to raise the alarm after he got into difficulties on Friday with his mother Joanne Appelbee, 47, brother Beau, 12, and sister Grace, 8, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Naturaliste Marine Rescue commander Paul Bresland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-02-02\/geographe-bay-rescue-boy-superhuman-swim\/106296100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told Australian Broadcasting Corp.<\/a> that Austin&#8217;s efforts were &#8220;superhuman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He swam in, he reckons, the first two hours with a life jacket on,&#8221; Bresland said. &#8220;And the brave fella thought he&#8217;s not going to make it with a life jacket on, so he ditched it, and he swam the next two hours without a life jacket.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Austin said he initially set off for help on an inflatable kayak that was taking water. He abandoned the kayak then took off his life jacket because it impeded his swimming.<\/p>\n<p>He said he tried to focus on positive thoughts as he swam for around four hours through rough seas for shore, raising the alarm at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The waves are massive and I have no life jacket on. \u2026 I just kept thinking &#8216;just keep swimming, just keep swimming,'&#8221; Austin said on Tuesday. &#8220;And then I finally I made it to shore and I hit the bottom of the beach and I just collapsed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/03\/5eb58e8f-6d45-4e8b-8902-65f1f2f72eea\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/9891e10ff053127eaac01604d406d4e5\/ap26034374423647.jpg#\" alt=\"Australia Swimmer \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/03\/5eb58e8f-6d45-4e8b-8902-65f1f2f72eea\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/9891e10ff053127eaac01604d406d4e5\/ap26034374423647.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/03\/5eb58e8f-6d45-4e8b-8902-65f1f2f72eea\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/8b0da30bb63795fbce3572130cec8a37\/ap26034374423647.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Austin Appelbee poses for a photo in Gidgegannup, Australia, Feb. 3, 2026, after the 13-year-old made an hourslong swim to raise an alarm after his family was swept out to sea off the Australian coast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Briana Shepherd\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The family, from the state capital Perth, was on vacation and using kayaks and paddle boards hired from their hotel around noon when rough ocean and wind conditions started dragging them out to sea.<\/p>\n<p>A search helicopter found the mom and two children wearing life jackets and clinging to a paddleboard at 8:30 p.m., police said. They had drifted 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Quindalup in Western Australia state, after spending up to 10 hours in the water.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The actions of the 13-year-old boy cannot be praised highly enough \u2014 his determination and courage ultimately saved the lives of his mother and siblings,&#8221; Police Inspector James Bradley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wa.gov.au\/government\/announcements\/ocean-rescue-quindalup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joanne Appelbee told reporters on Tuesday she sent her oldest child for help because she could not leave the three children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make was to say to Austin: &#8216;Try and get to shore and get some help. This could get really serious really quickly,'&#8221; she told Australian Broadcasting Corp.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was confident he would reach shore but was filled with doubt as the sun set and help had not arrived.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We kept positive, we were singing and we were joking and \u2026 we were treating it as a bit of a game until the sun started to go down and that&#8217;s when it was getting very choppy. Very big waves,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-02-02\/geographe-bay-rescue-boy-superhuman-swim\/106296100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bresland, the rescue commander, told the ABC<\/a> the family was treading water in rough seas for hours and the mother managed to keep the other children with the paddleboard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Physically, she just said, &#8216;I&#8217;m struggling, I can&#8217;t,&#8217; but she just said they&#8217;re looking her in the eye, and she just kept going and kept them together,&#8221; Bresland told the ABC.<\/p>\n<p>The three were all shivering and Beau had lost sensation in his legs because of the cold by the time they were rescued, the mom said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have three babies. All three made it. That was all that mattered,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>All four family members were medically assessed but none required hospital admission.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/03\/818dd0af-0df4-4d29-ae3d-fb0a86bfdab3\/thumbnail\/620x374g4\/bfbfb7db55b5f125a7abc83664693a55\/ap26034352526728.jpg#\" alt=\"CORRECTION Australia Swimmer \" height=\"374\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/03\/818dd0af-0df4-4d29-ae3d-fb0a86bfdab3\/thumbnail\/620x374g4\/bfbfb7db55b5f125a7abc83664693a55\/ap26034352526728.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/03\/818dd0af-0df4-4d29-ae3d-fb0a86bfdab3\/thumbnail\/1240x748g4\/e4b15a4fc1345afe213643aefbdc6815\/ap26034352526728.jpg 2x\" 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