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Benjamin Ng (pictured) and his partner Pei were rescued on Monday after spending almost three days out at sea
An extraordinary photo has emerged of an exhausted couple crumpled in a heap on a fisherman's boat after they were rescued from the middle of the ocean after three days.
Benjamin Ng and his partner Pei, from Brisbane, were swept out to sea after getting caught in a rip while paddle boarding around North West Island, off the coast of Central Queensland, on Saturday afternoon.
The pair, believed to both be aged in their 40s, were miraculously rescued after being swept some 55km away on Monday night.
Daily Mail Australia can reveal the couple had witnessed at least four boats go past only for them to miss their cries for help - until they fisherman Lorne Benussi and his dad Dennis came by.
The Benussi clan were on a fishing trip at Yellow Patch near Curtis Island and were getting ready for bed when they heard the couple's desperate cries for help just after 10pm.
The father and son, from Yeppoon, quickly descended from their 10-metre boat into a tinnie and rushed out to retrieve the young couple - who were struggling to tread water, having lost their paddleboards in the waves shortly beforehand.
