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‘We need a helicopter to go find them’: 13-year-old’s emergency call to save family stranded off WA coast revealed

todayFebruary 11, 2026

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Austin Appelbee told authorities he was ‘really scared’ after swimming 4km in rough seas to get help for mum and two siblings

“We got lost out there,” 13-year-old Austin Appelbee tells the triple-zero operator, after swimming 4km (2.5 miles) in the rough, open ocean and running 2km (1.25 miles) to save his family.

The operator asks how long it is since he set off.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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