Fourteen-year-old fell from grandparents’ boat and couple raised alarm at Gladstone marina when they realised he was missingA teenage boy has been rescued after falling from a yacht off the Queensland coast and spending two hours treading water. Paramedics were stunned at the survival of the 14-year-old, who was found by another vessel on Sunday afternoon, two hours after he fell from his grandparents’ yacht. He was plucked from the water by another vessel that spotted him, exhausted and cold in the water, ambulance service spokesman Chris Pereira said. “The boy was treading water for approximately two hours. The average person could tread water without much difficulty for about 30 minutes.

Source: The Guardian July 30, 2017 21:33 UTC