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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole: Last words of hero who died saving woman drowning in Thames

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A have-a-go hero who died rescuing a woman who was drowning in the Thames shouted “I’ve got to save her, she is not dying” before he jumped in, an inquest heard today.

Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, 20, was found dead six hours after going into the water near London Bridge in what police described as a “sheer act of bravery” to aid the 21-year-old woman who survived.

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