Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, 20, ran down steps of London Bridge to the river s edge before undressing and entering the water after hearing the woman shouting help me, I can t swim! .
Tributes have been paid to a “brave” 20-year-old from south London who died after jumping into the Thames to save a woman who fell from London Bridge. Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, a former student at Peckham’s Harris Academy, entered the river shortly after midnight on Friday with another man after they witnessed the woman fall. While the coastguard and marine units managed to rescue the woman and the other man, Folajimi’s body was found later that morning. Sir Dan Moynihan, chief executive of the Harris Federation, told the Sunday Times: “This is incredibly sad news. “The selflessness of this brave young man has cost him his life in trying to save the life of another.
Heroic Young Man Dies After Jumping into River to Save a Stranger From Drowning
On 4/28/21 at 1:47 PM EDT
One young man is being hailed as a hero after he gave the ultimate sacrifice to save a stranger in need.
In London late Friday night, 20-year-old Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, who went by Jimi, was on his way home from work when he witnessed a woman fall off the London Bridge and into the River Thames. Not hesitating, he and another man jumped into the river a little after midnight to save her.
A friend known only as Bernard was with him Jimi on the night of the accident and recounted the tragic events to Sky News.
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