00:00a harrowing journey and survival that seemed almost impossible the boat you see drifting in
00:07open waters was swept away from a shoreline in australia carrying a mother and her children
00:13aboard they had no life jackets and no means of communication fortunately the eldest son austin
00:21appleby just 13 years old managed to jump from the boat and swim towards shore eventually making it
00:28after an exhausting struggle i was very puffed out but i couldn't feel how tired i was
00:36um i don't know i was more thinking of a lot of things that you know what's happening in my life
00:44the boy swam more than four kilometers then ran along the beach to alert rescue teams
00:50emergency crews were able to locate his mother and two siblings who had spent hours clinging to paddle
00:56boards until the family's ordeal finally ended in rescue
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