Breaking News - Caught on video: Teen rescued from torrent

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By Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC NewsA teenage boy left clinging to a tree in a raging torrent of floodwater in Australia was pulled to safety in a dramatic rescue Friday.

As the teen was being brought to dry land – in scenes caught on video -- the emergency worker who saved him was swept away by the churning mass of brown water in Rockhampton, Queensland.

The rescuer went under a nearby bridge but managed to reach safety moments later.

The AFP news agency reported that in total there were 20 water rescues across Queensland state Thursday night and early Friday, including a woman and two children trapped in a car and seven people in two flooded houses.

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