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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Australian ' Teen Hero...tralia (SKY)...</span>
An Australian teenager has been hailed as a hero after insisting his younger brother be rescued first from raging floodwaters - a gesture that saw him washed away in a trapped car. Jordan Rice urged that his brother be rescued from the trapped car first According to the Sydney Morning Herald, non-swimmer Jordan Rice, 13, insisted his 10-year-old brother Blake be rescued as the family car was engulfed by a wall of water.The newspaper described the heroic decision by Jordan on Monday afternoon as one that cost him his life.Rescuer Warren McErlean said a wall of water raced through Toowoomba, rising eight inches in 10 seconds, according to a water depth gauge in the flooded street.The two boys and their mother, Donna, 43, had been trapped by the surging floodwaters. I had the boy in one hand, the rope in the other - I wasn't going to let go but then the torrent came through and was pulling us downRescuer Warren Mr McErlean, 37 ''When I first saw the car the water was up to the number plate,'' builder Mr McErlean, 37, told the newspaper.''I thought I would push it backwards but by the time I walked 20m (65ft), it was up on the bonnet and coming up the windscreen.''Mr McErlean tied a lifeline around his waist, secured it to a post and tried to wade out to the car but the torrent pushed him downstream, nearly drowning the rescuer.Another onlooker, identified only as Chris, pulled Mr McErlean to safety before they both attempted to reach the car again and haul teenager Jordan to safety.But Jordan insisted his younger brother Blake be first out of the car, with Chris handing him to Mr McErlean as the force of the water risked sweeping them off their feet.''I had the boy in one hand, the rope in the other. I wasn't going to let go but then the torrent came through and was pulling us down,'' Mr McErlean said. Dozens of cars were washed away in Toowoomba Chris hauled Blake to dry land and the rescuers went back to try and get trapped Jordan and his mother.Chris was holding Jordan's hand in the car as Mr McErlean went back into the water but were left helpless as the car was swept away.''The rope snapped and the car just flipped, '' Mr McErlean said.''The others were just gone, just disappeared,'' he said.An aerial view of the rising Brisbane River is seen in the southern suburbs of Brisbane January 11, 2011. Thousands of people were urged to leave the outskirts of Australia's third-largest city, Brisbane, on Tuesday as flood waters raced eastwards. Cars and pedestrians were swept away on Monday night when a "super rainstorm" sent water raging through the streets of Toowoomba, west of Brisbane. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...69888759721020
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Australian ' Teen Hero...tralia (SKY)...</span>
An Australian teenager has been hailed as a hero after insisting his younger brother be rescued first from raging floodwaters - a gesture that saw him washed away in a trapped car. Jordan Rice urged that his brother be rescued from the trapped car first According to the Sydney Morning Herald, non-swimmer Jordan Rice, 13, insisted his 10-year-old brother Blake be rescued as the family car was engulfed by a wall of water.The newspaper described the heroic decision by Jordan on Monday afternoon as one that cost him his life.Rescuer Warren McErlean said a wall of water raced through Toowoomba, rising eight inches in 10 seconds, according to a water depth gauge in the flooded street.The two boys and their mother, Donna, 43, had been trapped by the surging floodwaters. I had the boy in one hand, the rope in the other - I wasn't going to let go but then the torrent came through and was pulling us downRescuer Warren Mr McErlean, 37 ''When I first saw the car the water was up to the number plate,'' builder Mr McErlean, 37, told the newspaper.''I thought I would push it backwards but by the time I walked 20m (65ft), it was up on the bonnet and coming up the windscreen.''Mr McErlean tied a lifeline around his waist, secured it to a post and tried to wade out to the car but the torrent pushed him downstream, nearly drowning the rescuer.Another onlooker, identified only as Chris, pulled Mr McErlean to safety before they both attempted to reach the car again and haul teenager Jordan to safety.But Jordan insisted his younger brother Blake be first out of the car, with Chris handing him to Mr McErlean as the force of the water risked sweeping them off their feet.''I had the boy in one hand, the rope in the other. I wasn't going to let go but then the torrent came through and was pulling us down,'' Mr McErlean said. Dozens of cars were washed away in Toowoomba Chris hauled Blake to dry land and the rescuers went back to try and get trapped Jordan and his mother.Chris was holding Jordan's hand in the car as Mr McErlean went back into the water but were left helpless as the car was swept away.''The rope snapped and the car just flipped, '' Mr McErlean said.''The others were just gone, just disappeared,'' he said.An aerial view of the rising Brisbane River is seen in the southern suburbs of Brisbane January 11, 2011. Thousands of people were urged to leave the outskirts of Australia's third-largest city, Brisbane, on Tuesday as flood waters raced eastwards. Cars and pedestrians were swept away on Monday night when a "super rainstorm" sent water raging through the streets of Toowoomba, west of Brisbane. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...69888759721020
