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VIDEO: Dramatic footage of swift water rescue in Queensland

Rescuers managed to save the teen as he clung to a tree.

QUEENSLAND IN AUSTRALIA was today hit by flooding as a result of the ex-tropical cyclone Oswald.

In the floodwaters that followed, emergency workers risked their lives to save those who had been washed away or were trapped.

Included in this was the dramatic swift water rescue of a teenager.

(ABC News/YouTube)

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    Jan 25th 2013, 8:09 PM

    Terrifing stuff.. Well done to all involved in these rescues.

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    Jan 25th 2013, 10:19 PM

    What a job he’s done. He must feel wonderful to have saved someone’s life..

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    Jan 26th 2013, 9:43 AM

    Someone buy that man a beer!!!!

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