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January 5th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Eleven-year-old Riley Smiles is comforted by his father after being rescued from the sea. Picture: Tracee Lea
Source: Herald Sun
RILEY Smiles was all tears after his brush with death on the high seas today following the sudden sinking of his father’s boat.
The 11-year-old’s show of emotion said it all after he and his mate and their dads were rescued after clinging to an Esky after their boat suddenly sank.
Wearing a police jumpsuit borrowed from a rescuer, Riley stood by his father Scott’s side to recount the harrowing ordeal 10km off Sydney.
But it was all too much for the young boy, who owes his life to his hero father.
Mr Smiles, 43, and Riley set out on a fishing trip with Rick Matthews, 46, and his son Ryan, also 11, at about 4.45am from Botany Bay.
They headed north in the 13m cruiser Intrepid and fished for about three hours before disaster struck.
Mr Smiles said it only took a minute for the boat to sink “like a stone”.
Before the boat vanished in waters 65m deep, the two dads did three crucial things that police say led to a quick rescue.
Mr Matthews put life jackets on the boys, and moments before the boat went under Mr Smiles grabbed an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon.
He also grabbed an Esky to hold on to.
“Just something to float on. I knew that we’d be in the water,” Mr Smiles said.
“It was beyond the point of return, the boat was almost vertical.”
Mr Smiles said he and Mr Matthews were sitting on the flybridge and the boys were asleep in swags behind them when trouble struck.
“I noticed some black smoke coming out of the exhaust,” he said.
“I ran downstairs, shut the engine off, lifted the engine hatch – there was water flying into the engine hatch by that stage.
“The boat was on quite an angle to the stern. I grabbed the EPIRB, grabbed my wallet, ran out and by that time Rick had life jackets on the boys.
“I grabbed the Esky and jumped off the back deck and they jumped off the flybridge which was down to the water level at that stage and the boat sank straight away.”
Mr Smiles said he knew they would be safe once he set off the emergency beacon. He said the boys handled the ordeal very well as they clung to the Esky.
“They’re pretty good boys. They’ve done a fair bit (of boating). I just told the boys it would be all right, they (rescuers) would be there soon.”
The emergency signal went straight to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority in Canberra, which notified rescuers who found them within 45 minutes.
A rescue chopper dropped a raft for them as they waited for water police to arrive.
Mr Smiles thanked rescuers, but police marine chief Det-Supt Mark Hutchings said he was the hero.
“Scott had the presence of mind to grab the EPIRB as the boat was sinking and activate it,” he said. “Had he not done that I can almost guarantee we would still be searching for them.”
Mr Matthews was taken to hospital with a fishing lure stuck in his leg and burns to his chest and abdomen from fuel.
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