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WA teen Austin Appelbee swam about four kilometres to alert authorities to his mother and two siblings stranded in the water off the coast of Quindalup, Western Australia on January 30, 2026. This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI.

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00:00At this time, you know, the waves are massive and I have no life jacket on.
00:06So anyway, I just keep swimming. I do breaststroke, I do freestyle, I do survival backstroke.
00:15Thirteen-year-old Austin swam for around four hours through rough waters to save his family that had been swept out to sea in Western Australia.
00:23I didn't know where they were and how they were and I thought they were dead. I had a lot of guilt in my heart.
00:28Because, you know, I thought, oh man, I wasn't fast enough.
00:31Austin had been paddleboarding and kayaking with his mother and two siblings at Geograph Bay on January 30th when they were pushed offshore.
00:39One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make was to say to Austin, try and get to shore and get some help.
00:44This could get really serious really quickly.
00:47Austin had to ditch his kayak that began taking on water and swam for two hours with his life jacket and then two hours without it.
00:55Once on shore, he sprinted two kilometres to call for help and his family were rescued.
01:02One of the hardest decisions that night and his friends were able to keep on seeing his family was still coming back.
01:05One of the hardest decisions in the last day has been perfect for him to keep on feeling the missingness.
01:06One of the hardest decisions in the next day is about a trip to go in and has been a trip to Chal lin,
01:07who is not even a trip until the next day has been buried,
01:08The next day had been married and a trip to him,
01:11The next day has been married and he has been married.
01:12I've been married and I've been married and married with his family,
01:13He has been married to two days back then.
01:14I was remembered to come back after I set up for him.
01:15He has been married in a airport for a month.
01:17In other days in the past of the year,
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