‘I am alive’: Father receives text message from missing surfer son
One of the four missing surfers in Indonesia, Elliot Foote, has sent a text message to his father confirming he is alive and well. “I am alive, safe now; love you, chat later,” the text message reads.
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00:00 We've been bringing you some comments from Elliot Foote's father, Peter.
00:04 As you've seen over the past little while, he's been getting conflicting reports
00:07 about what's happened to his son, Elliot, but he has had confirmation
00:12 that his son, Elliot, is fine and well and has been found after initial reports
00:16 suggested he'd left the group and had paddled off to go and get help.
00:20 Here is the very latest that we have from Peter Foote,
00:23 confirming finally that his son, Elliot, is all good. Let's listen in.
00:29 Hey dad, Elliot here. I'm alive, safe now. Love you. Chat later.
00:34 That's it.
00:36 Yeah, it's from Elliot.
00:38 Do you believe it? It seems surreal.
00:41 He's probably going afro-surf this afternoon, you know. Who knows?
00:45 Yeah!
00:47 Weeds.
00:49 Yeah!
00:51 Yes!
00:53 Woo!
00:55 Elliot!
00:57 Where's Elliot? That's RD, that's RD right?
01:00 Yeah, have you got Elliot?