Australian teen swims 2.5 miles for hours to save family swept out to sea
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Austin Appelbee, 13, abandoned his life jacket and swam alone for help after his family drifted nine miles from Western Australia shore. His mother called her decision the "hardest."
"The waves are massive, and I have no life jacket on.… I just kept thinking, ‘Just keep swimming, just keep swimming,’" Austin said on Tuesday. "And then I finally I made it to shore, and I hit the bottom of the beach and I just collapsed."
The family, visiting from Perth, was using rented kayaks and paddle boards near Quindalup in Western Australia around midday Friday when strong winds and rough seas dragged them farther from shore. Austin initially tried to paddle for help on an inflatable kayak, but abandoned it when it began taking on water.
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