Teen swims four hours to save family lost at sea off Australia

Sydney, Australia: A 13 year old boy recounted on Tuesday how he swam for four hours through choppy waters off western Australia to get help for his f...

Sydney, Australia: A 13-year-old boy recounted on Tuesday how he swam for four hours through choppy waters off western Australia to get help for his family in a feat hailed by rescuers as "superhuman".

The boy, named in local media as Austin Appelbee, made it across four kilometres (2.5 miles) of ocean to raise the alarm after his mother and two younger siblings were swept out to sea.

He had gone out kayaking and paddle-boarding on the water Friday afternoon with his family.

But the waves soon grew, flipping their boards and filling their kayak with water as they were dragged further out into the ocean.

"I was really scared," the young teen told reporters.