Dad and son rescued in heroic recovery after being lost at sea for over six hours

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Fishermen are well-known for their incredible tales that end in triumph or tears - and they just get bigger and less believable with every telling. You’ll struggle to believe this tale, too - but it's entirely true.

Two mates, and the most fearless seven-year-old boy you’re likely to meet, set off for a day of fishing in the winter waters off Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. What began as a fun trip became the stuff of nightmares: a vanishing boat, a death, and a series of little miracles.

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More: https://7news.com.au/spotlight/dad-and-s...-hours-c-367706

How a dad tread water clinging to his 'lifeless' son, 7, in pitch-black freezing water for SIX HOURS after their boat capsized - before the boy's incredible will to live saw him survive

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A boat capsized off the Caloundra coast in Queensland at 2am on June 8, 2019
Julian Hohnen, 7, who spent six hours in open seas was winched to safety
His father relived the ordeal and the moment his son became 'lifeless'

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Julian Hohnen was with his father Maike and family friend Stephen Jeacocke when their fishing boat capsized 14km off the coast of Caloundra, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in June this year.

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More (both articles are from 2019): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...hine-Coast.html

I know Maike Hohnen since our childhood!

What do you think about Maike as a male name?

Maike Hohnen has parents they are speak german as mother tongue!