A HERO WHO RESCUED 13 DROWNING PASSENGERS AND DIED AT THE 14TH ATTEMPT
Joe Blankson might have died of exhaustion or the last person he had tried to rescue dangerously grabbed Joe and trapped him to his death. On July 28, 2018 a boat conveying 25 passengers left Nigeria's city of Port Harcourt for a riverine village of Bakana. Joe Blankson was going for a burial at Bakana when the boat suddenly capsized midway. As passengers began to drown, Joe couldn't close his eyes and allow the people to die helplessly-he plunged into the deep water and went under to bring out the...
