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7-year-old swims for an hour to get help for dad and sister stranded in river

A seven-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero after he swam for an hour to get help for his family when they became stranded in a river.

As per incredible reports, Chase Poust was out with his father, Steven, and four-year-old sister, Abigail, at the beginning of Memorial Day weekend on Friday, May 28.

The three of them took a boat to the St. Johns River near Mandarin Point in Jacksonville, Florida, and anchored it. The plan was for Steven to do a spot of fishing while his two children swam nearby.

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