11-year-old missing off NSW Central Coast identified as Laith Alaid

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An 11-year-old boy missing off the entrance beach on the New South Wales Central Coast has been identified as Laith Alaid. His family has issued a statement thanking emergency service teams involved in the search effort.

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00:00The search so far today has been hampered by weather which until around midday prevented

00:06the use of the helicopter or drones.

00:09But a full-scale water search has been underway since the morning and focusing on a different

00:13area with resources sent to the north from the entrance up at Tanora Head.

00:18While the official terminology for this mission has not changed from search to recovery, police

00:23do say that with no sign of the 11-year-old boy who was swept away by the powerful current

00:29here on Sunday afternoon, survivability is a serious concern.

00:34And as the search continues, conversation is turning to adequate signage at the entrance

00:39channel.

00:40The local member here, David Meehan, has told the ABC signage was last updated in 2017 following

00:47the deaths of two fishermen, but he believes that Council needs to look at the idea of

00:51multilingual signage so more visitors to the area from non-English speaking backgrounds

00:57can be made fully aware of the dangerous conditions.

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