Chase, a 7 year old boy, swims against odds to save his family. ASL Patriot Broadcast

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Hello and welcome! It was an perfect weekend Memorial Day outing. Chase Poust is only 7. He, his dad Steven, and his 4-year-old sister, Abigail were out for a family boating excursion on Florida’s St. Johns River near Mandarin Point. Chase and Abigail were swimming at the stern of the anchored boat while Steven was on deck fishing.
Then a strong current loosened Abigail’s (4 year old girl) grip and she let go of the boat. Instantly realizing his sister would be swept away, Chase (her brother 7 yr old) let go of the boat as well to try and reach her. Steven leaped into the water but after realizing he couldn’t keep up with both kids, he was faced with an agonizing decision. “I told them I loved them because I wasn’t sure what’s going to happen,” Steven told News-4 JAX. “I tried to stick with both of them. I wore myself out. She drifted away from me.” The father, Steve, told his son Chase to swim to shore for help while Steven stayed trying to keep as close as he could to Abigail as the life-vest that was keeping her above the waves floated further and further from his reach. People might think, “Oh that's a short swim.” Well guess what? “The current was going the opposite way of going to the boat and the shore so it was very hard to swim that way,” Chase told JAX. It was a tough go for the 7-year-old, but rather than attempting to swim all out, Chase wisely paced himself. Stopping to float or dog paddle when he tired, he’d rest and then set off again.
It took Chase an hour to reach the shore. Once on solid ground, he ran to the nearest house and called for help. Members of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, Sheriff’s Office, and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were dispatched to search for Steven and Abigail. Miraculously, the two were found and rescued about an hour later—more than a mile away from the family’s abandoned boat. WJXT said Chase and his father, Steven, were not required to wear a life vest. Only children ages 6 and under must wear one for a vessel 26 feet long or shorter. Steven knows how fortunate they are to have made it out of the situation. "We're here. By the grace of God, we're here," he said. "Little man … made it to shore and got help, and that's what saved our lives." When asked how he became such a skilled swimmer, Chase was honest: "I have no idea." What a Memorial weekend for the family! Will Chase become an olympican swimmer after this? We shall see...

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/chase-poust-7-year-old-swims-an-hour-to-rescue-his-dad-and-little-sister/

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