A father and his four boys were trying to cross The Entrance channel when a strong current took the eldest child
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The search for an 11-year-old boy swept to sea by a treacherous current on the New South Wales Central Coast has entered its third day.
A 43-year-old father and his four boys – aged 11, nine, seven and three – had been visiting the coastal suburb The Entrance for a fishing trip. Police believe they attempted to take a shortcut between an estuary and the ocean on Sunday when the eldest was swept into the ocean as the tide went out.
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