Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole: Inquest opens into River Thames hero's death

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Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole died as he tried to rescue a woman from the river near London Bridge.

Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole was posthumously put forward for a Royal Humane Society award by City of London Police

Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole and Joaquin Garcia entered the Thames on 24 April after hearing the woman shouting: "Help me, help me, I can't swim."But 20-year-old Mr Olubunmi-Adewole was found dead almost six hours later, the inquest was told. The witness recalled seeing the pair run down some steps to the riverbank before partially undressing and jumping in.The woman fell from London Bridge at about midnight, the inquest heard

 

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