'I was thinking about mum': Boy, 13, swims for hours to save family swept out to sea

'I was thinking about mum': Boy, 13, swims for hours to save family swept out to seahttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/51c5/live/ad8ed490-0101-11f1-9972-d3f265c101c6.jpgAustin Applebee recounts his 'superhuman' swim which saved the lives of his mother and siblings in Australia.February 03, 2026 at 02:19PM