Aussies you're amazing! The more I hear about the bravery Down Under, the more I admire every last one of them. With homes full of screaming people being washed downstream by a raging tide of water the courage of ordinary Australians takes some beating.
Terrifed and unable to swim, 13-year-old Jordan Rice told rescuers to save his younger brother first. As Blake, 10, reached safety, Jordan and his mum Donna were swept away. Dad John fights his grief to find gratitude and thanks the rescuers; "for giving me my son back. I would have lost all three."
The family of three seen by a horrified world clinging to the top of their car are safe - except for dad, last seen holding on to his young son. We all hoped for more. One thing is certain - Australians will sort this out. They will not sit back and wait for others to shift the debris and repair the damage. One year on and things will look the way they always did, all lasting scars hidden within the survivors.
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