Laith Alaid went missing at The Entrance on the weekend while on a fishing trip with his family
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A body believed to be the 11-year-old boy who was swept out to sea on Sunday has been found in the water on the New South Wales Central Coast.
Laith Alaid had been visiting The Entrance at the mouth of Tuggerah Lake on a fishing trip with his family from Sydney when he was taken by a strong current that was described by a local life saver as one an “Olympic swimmer couldn’t swim against”.
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