更新于：2026年2月3日 / 美国东部时间上午6:29 / CBS/美联社
一名13岁男孩在澳大利亚海岸附近与家人被卷入大海后，经过数小时的游泳成功发出警报，挽救了母亲和两个年幼弟妹的生命。
警方称，周五，奥斯汀·阿佩尔比（Austin Appelbee）与母亲乔安妮·阿佩尔比（47岁）、12岁的弟弟博（Beau）和8岁的妹妹格蕾丝（Grace）遭遇危险，他游泳4公里（2.5英里）到达岸边报警。
自然主义者海洋救援指挥官保罗·布雷斯兰（Paul Bresland）告诉澳大利亚广播公司，奥斯汀的努力”超乎常人”。
“他估计前两个小时穿着救生衣游泳，”布雷斯兰说，”这个勇敢的小伙子觉得穿着救生衣游不过去，于是脱掉了它，接下来的两个小时他没穿救生衣游泳。”
奥斯汀说，他最初乘坐一艘正在进水的充气皮划艇出发求救，后来放弃了皮划艇，并脱掉了救生衣，因为它妨碍了游泳。
他说，在波涛汹涌的海水中游了约4小时后，他于下午6点发出警报。
“海浪很大，我没穿救生衣…我只是一直想着’继续游，继续游’，”奥斯汀周二说，”最后我终于到达岸边，一脚踏上沙滩就瘫倒在地。”
（图片说明：2026年2月3日，澳大利亚吉吉甘努普，13岁的奥斯汀·阿佩尔比在游泳报警后摆姿势拍照。布里安娜·谢泼德/美联社）
这家人来自西澳大利亚州首府珀斯，正在度假，中午时分从酒店租用了皮划艇和桨板，突然遭遇恶劣的海洋和风况，被逐渐拖向大海。
警方称，搜救直升机于晚上8:30发现了穿着救生衣、紧紧抓住桨板的母亲和两个孩子。他们从西澳大利亚州的昆达卢普漂流了14公里（9英里），在水中挣扎了长达10小时。
“这个13岁男孩的行为值得高度赞扬——他的决心和勇气最终挽救了母亲和弟妹的生命，”警司詹姆斯·布拉德利（James Bradley）在一份声明中说。
乔安妮·阿佩尔比周二对记者说，她因为无法离开三个孩子，所以派大儿子去求救。
“我做过的最艰难的决定之一，就是对奥斯汀说：’试着到岸边去寻求帮助，情况可能会迅速恶化，’”她告诉澳大利亚广播公司。
她说，她相信儿子能到达岸边，但随着太阳西沉仍未获救，她开始感到不安。
“我们保持乐观，唱歌、开玩笑，…我们把这当成一场游戏，直到太阳开始落山，情况变得非常糟糕，海浪变得很大，”她说。
救援指挥官布雷斯兰向澳大利亚广播公司表示，这家人在汹涌的海水中挣扎了数小时，母亲坚持让孩子们抓住桨板。
“她体力不支，说’我不行了’，但她看着孩子们的眼睛，坚持了下来，把大家团结在一起，”布雷斯兰告诉澳大利亚广播公司。
母亲说，三人被救时都在发抖，博的双腿因寒冷失去了知觉。
“我有三个孩子，他们都活下来了，这才是最重要的，”她说。
四名家庭成员均接受了医疗检查，但无人需要住院治疗。
（图片说明：2026年2月3日周二，视频截图显示奥斯汀·阿佩尔比（右）与家人在澳大利亚吉吉甘努普合影。澳大利亚广播公司/美联社）
自然主义志愿者海洋救援小组在社交媒体上赞扬了这家人，特别是奥斯汀。
“这个家庭展现出的勇气、力量和胆识非同寻常，尤其是那个游了4公里报警的年轻人，他的行动为整个救援打开了局面，”该组织在Facebook上写道。
Boy swims 2.5 miles to save mom, siblings swept out to sea: “Superhuman”
Updated on: February 3, 2026 / 6:29 AM EST / CBS/AP
A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving the lives of his mother and two younger siblings with an hourslong swim after the family was swept out to sea off the Australian coast.
Austin Appelbee swam 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) to shore to raise the alarm after he got into difficulties on Friday with his mother Joanne Appelbee, 47, brother Beau, 12, and sister Grace, 8, police said.
Naturaliste Marine Rescue commander Paul Bresland told Australian Broadcasting Corp. that Austin’s efforts were “superhuman.”
“He swam in, he reckons, the first two hours with a life jacket on,” Bresland said. “And the brave fella thought he’s not going to make it with a life jacket on, so he ditched it, and he swam the next two hours without a life jacket.”
Austin said he initially set off for help on an inflatable kayak that was taking water. He abandoned the kayak then took off his life jacket because it impeded his swimming.
He said he tried to focus on positive thoughts as he swam for around four hours through rough seas for shore, raising the alarm at 6 p.m.
“The waves are massive and I have no life jacket on. … I just kept thinking ‘just keep swimming, just keep swimming,’” Austin said on Tuesday. “And then I finally I made it to shore and I hit the bottom of the beach and I just collapsed.”
Austin Appelbee poses for a photo in Gidgegannup, Australia, 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/AP
The family, from the state capital Perth, was on vacation and using kayaks and paddle boards hired from their hotel around noon when rough ocean and wind conditions started dragging them out to sea.
A search helicopter found the mom and two children wearing life jackets and clinging to a paddleboard at 8:30 p.m., police said. They had drifted 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Quindalup in Western Australia state, after spending up to 10 hours in the water.
“The actions of the 13-year-old boy cannot be praised highly enough — his determination and courage ultimately saved the lives of his mother and siblings,” Police Inspector James Bradley said in a statement.
Joanne Appelbee told reporters on Tuesday she sent her oldest child for help because she could not leave the three children.
“One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make was to say to Austin: ‘Try and get to shore and get some help. This could get really serious really quickly,’” she told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
She said she was confident he would reach shore but was filled with doubt as the sun set and help had not arrived.
“We kept positive, we were singing and we were joking and … we were treating it as a bit of a game until the sun started to go down and that’s when it was getting very choppy. Very big waves,” she said.
Bresland, the rescue commander, told the ABC the family was treading water in rough seas for hours and the mother managed to keep the other children with the paddleboard.
“Physically, she just said, ‘I’m struggling, I can’t,’ but she just said they’re looking her in the eye, and she just kept going and kept them together,” Bresland told the ABC.
The three were all shivering and Beau had lost sensation in his legs because of the cold by the time they were rescued, the mom said.
“I have three babies. All three made it. That was all that mattered,” she said.
All four family members were medically assessed but none required hospital admission.
This image taken from video shows Austin Appelbee, right, posing with his family in Gidgegannup, Australia, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2026. ABC/AP
In a social media post, Naturaliste Volunteer Marine Rescue Group praised the family, especially Austin.
“The bravery, strength, and courage shown by this family were extraordinary, especially the young fella who swam 4km to raise the alarm and set everything into motion,” the group wrote on Facebook.
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