A 10-YEAR-OLD boy managed to save himself from drowning by following advice from a TV program.

The boy, who has not been identified, survived for more than an hour at sea after being swept out by the tide and wind across South Bay at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, on Friday.

The Scarborough lifeboat team was called at around 19:20 BST on Friday after the boy was reported missing near the town’s spa.

The three-strong team were left “in awe” after finding the remarkably “calm lad” near Vincent Pier floating on his back, with his arms and legs spread shouting for help — following the advice the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) gives to anyone in the water needing assistance.

Lee Marton, Coxswain at Scarborough Lifeboat Station, said: “We were told that 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 escorted to the lifeboat station, where he was reunited with his family before being taken for a precautionary check-up at Scarborough Hospital.

(SD-Agencies)