WEBVTT - MINI: Austin Appelbee

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<v Speaker 3>The Christian O'Connell Show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, before we get into the rest of today's show,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the only story, the only thing that we

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<v Speaker 2>should be talking about today. And trust me, the moment

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<v Speaker 2>you hear this story about a young Australian called Austin

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<v Speaker 2>appleby an incredible name and an incredible young man, this

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<v Speaker 2>is heroic story, the lights of which I've never heard

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<v Speaker 2>before from someone who's thirteen. If this was a grown up,

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<v Speaker 2>it would still be extraordinary, but the fact it's a

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<v Speaker 2>young kid who's thirteen. I'll just play the news story

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<v Speaker 2>and then we can talk about this. But I earn

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<v Speaker 2>you right now, whatever you're doing, and I know you're busy,

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<v Speaker 2>right now, stop what you are doing actually and just

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<v Speaker 2>turn this story up. It is incredible and no matter

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<v Speaker 2>what you've got going on in your life right now,

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<v Speaker 2>this just does it retunes you to the awe and

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<v Speaker 2>wonder of what people can do. But this is a

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<v Speaker 2>young kid. He's a thirteen year old Australian. I've listened

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<v Speaker 2>to this.

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<v Speaker 3>A brave thirteen year old boy is being praised for

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<v Speaker 3>saving his family from an ocean ordeal. He swam for hours,

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<v Speaker 3>then ran for kilometers to raise the alarm after they

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<v Speaker 3>were swept out to.

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<v Speaker 4>Sea, barely visible against the fury of the sea. This

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<v Speaker 4>is where a thirteen year old boy made a near

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<v Speaker 4>impossible decision to leave his family in order to save them.

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<v Speaker 5>I was really scared.

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<v Speaker 6>I was just thinking in my head, don't thinking I

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<v Speaker 6>was going to make it.

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<v Speaker 4>Through stranded four kilometers off the coast in Wa Southwest

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<v Speaker 4>for more than eight hours after rough seas swept them

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<v Speaker 4>out while kayaking on Friday, Austin app will be braved

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<v Speaker 4>fading light and dangerous waves for four hours to get

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<v Speaker 4>back to shore. His mum, twelve year old brother, and

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<v Speaker 4>eighty year old sister could only wait.

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<v Speaker 6>I just said, all right, not today, not today, not today.

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<v Speaker 6>I had to keep on going.

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<v Speaker 4>As the sun began to disappear, so did his mum's hope.

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<v Speaker 5>My fear was that awsome nicking. Everything goes through your

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<v Speaker 5>head as one.

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<v Speaker 4>But incredibly the teen did, running another two kilometers to

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<v Speaker 4>call for help.

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<v Speaker 6>I thought they were dead. I had a lot of

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<v Speaker 6>guilt in my heart because you know, I thought, oh man,

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<v Speaker 6>I wasn't fast enough.

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<v Speaker 4>Two hours later they were spotted clinging to a paddle board.

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<v Speaker 4>The whole family brought home safe.

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<v Speaker 5>Speech ass efforts at the same time I knew he

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<v Speaker 5>could do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyone else has got goosebumps.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, like a Spielberg movie, but this is real life

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<v Speaker 2>and it's a thirteen year old kid. There's so many

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<v Speaker 2>moments to actually just pause and reflect on, really, because

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<v Speaker 2>the story's got about five incredible moments in it. First

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<v Speaker 2>of all, the mum making a decision. I can't even

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<v Speaker 2>imagine as apparent what that would be like to send

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<v Speaker 2>one of your kids out into well, you've got no

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<v Speaker 2>you don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Know whether they're going to make it the open seats,

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<v Speaker 1>so you don't know if you're.

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<v Speaker 2>Ever going to see them again, or if they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to survive. You know, you're already worrying that actually they're

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<v Speaker 2>probably not gonna make it and what that means.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you've got your other children there.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got so much going on your own survival, their survival,

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<v Speaker 2>his survival. But she makes an incredible decision to actually,

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<v Speaker 2>ultimately that actually saved the entire family's life. But then

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<v Speaker 2>this young, tiny, little thirteen year old lad swims for hours.

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<v Speaker 2>I speak of someone who is who's winded doing a

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<v Speaker 2>lap of a poll. I can't imagine swimming for hours

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<v Speaker 2>in the ocean. And then he has the presence of mine.

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<v Speaker 2>He tries to tow his family himself back towards the shore.

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<v Speaker 2>He really knows he can't do that, and he has

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<v Speaker 2>to carry on without them and let them go and

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<v Speaker 2>still carry on swimming. Then he realizes and has the

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<v Speaker 2>incredible presence of mine and self leadership. He takes off

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<v Speaker 2>his life chat it because it's obviously impeding his swimming process.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he swims into a void for four ko and

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<v Speaker 2>off two and a half miles, and then there's a

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<v Speaker 2>clear weather interviewing him and it's Paul adds and no

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<v Speaker 2>one crutches obviously because of the exhaustion physically and mentally

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<v Speaker 2>that he must be going through. Because it happened Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>he said that what actually kept him going was their

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<v Speaker 2>family of faith, was that he was he was praying

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<v Speaker 2>and thinking, he would only himself think happy thoughts, happy thoughts,

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<v Speaker 2>which is just it almost brings tears, she wies. I

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<v Speaker 2>think that he knew that that's what he needed to

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<v Speaker 2>do to keep going, and then then he'd has to run,

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<v Speaker 2>so can I two kate to ring for help and

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<v Speaker 2>then very calmly, apparently the saying that he asked for

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<v Speaker 2>helicopters and boats to try and find his family.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is his mum talking as well.

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<v Speaker 7>The decision was either if I can roll back to

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<v Speaker 7>shore to get help quickly, or I could leave to

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<v Speaker 7>kit a tea. So him in the oldest and the strongest,

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<v Speaker 7>we said, we said, and he was quite happy going,

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<v Speaker 7>which was a very hard decision because you don't want

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<v Speaker 7>to see any your kids have to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>That is I never heard a story like it, guys.

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<v Speaker 8>It's remarkable. And they said it's the equivalent of running

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<v Speaker 8>two marathons. And when you think about how far four

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<v Speaker 8>kilometers is, it's eighty laps of a fifty meter pool. Now,

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<v Speaker 8>I can't do more than you know, five ten laps

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<v Speaker 8>of a fifty meter pool without stopping multiple times. He

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<v Speaker 8>did this without a life jacket.

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<v Speaker 9>In the rough seas you are, you're all so terrified

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<v Speaker 9>that you are going to die and that you're never

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<v Speaker 9>going to see your brothers and sisters and your maum

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<v Speaker 9>ever again, he has to.

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<v Speaker 1>Be with all of those thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you've ever just gone for a little swim

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<v Speaker 2>in the ocean, you shouldn't. It takes a long time

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<v Speaker 2>to make any prograst. It does, you don't appreciate you

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<v Speaker 2>watch it on TV. You see the Olympians doing it

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<v Speaker 2>very quickly, you do it yourself. I'm mean in this

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<v Speaker 2>for a minute, I'm barely moving.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And also that part of Australia, those are not safe waters. No, No,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a couple of times where he said he swore,

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<v Speaker 2>he swore he saw.

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<v Speaker 1>Things sticking out where he's still just had to go.

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<v Speaker 1>That is I don't know if it goes beyond heroism.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know what to say. That story is.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, you can barely believe it's true, and yet it's so.

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<v Speaker 8>It's one of the most inspiring things I've ever heard,

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<v Speaker 8>Like it just changes your whole perspective.

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<v Speaker 10>A lot of sharks signings there too, in a lot

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<v Speaker 10>of sharks, especially between Dunsborough and Bustleton where this happened.

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<v Speaker 10>Beautiful part of the world, but very sharky. So to

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<v Speaker 10>be able to swim through that four kas knowing that

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<v Speaker 10>there's a lot of Sharks about wow Wie.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, his name is Austin Appleby.

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<v Speaker 2>I urged you to take the time today to go

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<v Speaker 2>and watch the interview as well. It's an amazing story.

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<v Speaker 2>They should do Young Australians of the Year if they

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<v Speaker 2>don't already, because that kid is a true Australian of

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<v Speaker 2>the Year.

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