Caught in Australian Flood, Boy 13 Pleads With Rescuer to Save His Younger Brother First

And so the rescuer did, while the younger 10 year-old kept pleading that they save his mummy. The mother, Donna Rice, and her 13 year-old son drown in the raging waters.

CNN World report: A teenager who was scared of water drowned in the Queensland floods after begging rescuers to save his younger brother first. Jordan Rice, 13, and his mother Donna, 43, were swept away as a wall of water hit the town of Toowoomba on Monday afternoon. Read more here.