New Atlas

Air-beam canopy completes all-inflatable amphibious day camp

Inflate all the things. That seems to be the strategy at Bote, a Floridian inflatable watercraft company that's expanded out ...
Opinion

Storm Chandra destroyed Irish homes & businesses, but blaming weather lets real culprits behind the misery off the hook

THE next storm that’s going to hit us is called Dave. After that it will be Eddie. At last, down-to-earth names for the blasts of wind and rain we used to call bad weather back in my day, when ...

A 13-year-old Australian boy swims for hours to save his mother and siblings who were swept away

A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after they were swept out to sea off the Australian coast. Austin Appelbee swam 2.5 miles to shore to raise the alarm on Friday after getting ...

Mum relives agonising decision to send her son, 13, on life or death four HOUR swim in shark-infested sea to save family

A MOTHER has relived the agonising moment she sent her 13-year-old son on a life or death four hour swim in shark-infested ...

Ryan Borgwardt, 'missing' Wisconsin kayaker that faked his death, fails to appear in court

Ryan Borgwardt, the Wisconsin man who staged his own death before fleeing to Europe, was a no-show for a court hearing Feb. 3 ...
WAVE3

13-year-old swims for 4 hours to save family swept out to sea

MELBOURNE, Australia (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 ...