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December 27th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A father and two children paddling kayaks in an estuary on the NSW south coast have been rescued after big waves tossed them from their craft and dragged them out to sea.
The father, 40, and his eight-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son had been playing in an estuary when they were hit by waves at the mouth of the Moruya River, south of Batemans Bay, on Tuesday afternoon.
The fierce outgoing current sucked the family, from Wollongong, 400m out into heaving seas.
Conditions were deadly because of the strong winds that have battered the state’s coast since the weekend, forcing the closure of dozens of beaches and putting lifeguards on high alert.
Stephen Leahy, chief executive of the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter service, described that part of the river as treacherous.
Rescuers arrived to find the father and his daughter clinging desperately to one of the kayaks.
The girl was winched aboard the Westpac helicopter suffering hypothermia and lifeguards rescued her father using an inflatable rib-style boat.
The 10-year-old boy was missing but was later found suffering hypothermia and shock on the northern bank of the Moruya River.
The fact the family were all wearing lifejackets probably saved their lives, Mr Leahy said.
“Conditions in the area were treacherous. They’re suffering dangerous surf conditions like the rest of the NSW coast,” Mr Leahy told AAP.
“Where they were playing was reasonably safe but once they were in that outgoing current … it was treacherous.”
All three were treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics and were taken to a local hospital.
The close call came as a large swell continued to pound NSW’s coastline on Tuesday, whipped up by the remnants of ex Tropical Cyclone Fina, which developed off the Queensland coast last week.
Dozens of beaches remained closed, though conditions were forecast to ease slightly on Wednesday.
Lifeguards urged beachgoers to follow basic safety precautions, including swimming between the red and yellow flags and to wear lifejackets while boating or rock fishing.
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