13-year-old Australian boy swims for hours to save his mother, siblings who were swept away
Austin Appelbee poses for a photo in Gidgegannup, Australia, Tuesday 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. (Briana Shepherd/ABC via AP)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 13-year-old boy swam for four hours in cold and choppy wate
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