Boy, 13, swims for four hours to save family swept out to sea

A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving the lives of his mother and two younger siblings by swimming four hours through choppy waters to get help for his family after they were swept out to sea off the Australian coast.

The boy,named in local media as Austin Appelbee, made it across four kilometres of ocean to raise the alarm.

He had gone outkayakingand paddle-boarding on the water Friday afternoon with h