Seven-year-old Julian Hohnen was winched to safety about 2.30am on Sunday after the boat sank, pitching him, his father and another man into the sea off Caloundra. Elimbah truck driver Maike Hohnen (38), his young son and family friend Stephen Jeacocke (48) spent six hours in the water. Julian remains in the Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane, where his condition improved from critical to stable on Monday afternoon. The boy was winched into a helicopter and taken to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital before being taken to Brisbane for treatment. Mr Hohnen and Mr Jeacocke were rescued by water police and have been released from hospital.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 10, 2019 06:56 UTC