A 10-year-old boy survived for more than an jour at sea using advice he had learned from a documentary.
The boy went missing off the coast of Scarborough, North Yorkshire on Friday, BBC News reported.
The town's lifeboat crew were dispatched, and found him floating on his back with his arms and legs spread shouting for help near Vincent Pier.
The tide had swept him clean across the bay.
It turned out the boy had learned the advice from watching the BBC documentary Saving Lives at Sea. It is the RNLI's official advice if you are swept out by the tide.
Lee Marton, coxswain at Scarborough lifeboat station, said: "We were told he'd been watching lifeboat rescues on the BBC documentary Saving Lives at Sea and had followed the advice given on the show.
"We're very much in awe of this incredible lad, who managed to remain calm and follow safety advice to the letter in terrifying and stressful circumstances - had he not, the outcome might have been very different."
The boy was reunited with his family after his ordeal at sea before being taken for a check-up in hospital.
