When the dinghy capsized in the River Swale, the boy grasped hold of a branch in the fast-flowing water.

BBC: Man died after North Yorkshire dinghy 'adventure'

'Joyance', an 1899 statue of a boy by Sir William Goscombe John, was cut from the water fountain in Thompson's Park, Canton, Cardiff.

BBC: Stolen statue

Yer hands reached the bottom and ye pressed and pressed to push yer feet back up and if a big boy caught yer feet and pulled ye out or else that was you and ye went right the way in the water.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Kieron Smith, boy'