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Man drowns, son rescued at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast

A man has drowned and his 11-year-old son was rescued after they got into trouble swimming at a popular Gold Coast beach while it was unpatrolled.

The alarm was raised about 7pm last night when a beachgoer at Elkhorn Avenue Surfers Paradise and an occupant of a nearby high-rise building noticed two swimmers in trouble.

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