'Real aquaman' Lisala Folau swims 27 hours to escape Tonga tsunami
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Lisala Folau, now popularly called "real-life Aquaman" is the one who never lost hope to escape the volcano eruption and subsequent tsunami. It is reported that the 57-year-old swam 7.5km for about 27 hours from Tonga's Atata Island to Tongatapu. "I just floated, bashed around by the big waves that kept coming," Lisala Folau, told the Tongan radio station Broadcom Broadcasting.