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.
Friends pay tribute to hero who died after jumping in to the River Thames to rescue woman
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Last modified on Sun 25 Apr 2021 19.02 EDT
A young man who died after jumping into the River Thames to rescue a woman who fell from London Bridge has been hailed as a hero.
Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, 20, did not survive after diving into the river around midnight on Saturday.
More than £40,000 had been raised by Sunday night on a GoFundMe page set up for his family by a charity as tributes poured in on the hashtag #JimiTheHero.
His father, Michael Adewola, 63, told the Sun newspaper that his son – known as Jimi – deserved a medal for the bravery he showed by diving in the river with a friend to try to save the woman.
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