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Austin got to the beach and phoned for
. This sparked a rescue
. Coastguards found the boy's mother and two younger sisters. The boy said: "I hit the
of the beach and I just collapsed, and then, after
, I had to sprint two kilometres to get to the phone." Rescuers called him "
". One rescuer said Austin's
could not "be praised
enough". He said Austin's "determination and courage
saved the lives of his mother and
". Austin's mother Joanne, 47, said the experience was "an absolute
".