Durban man dies in France saving others
Updated | By ECR Newswatch
A young Durban man, who was part of the French Foreign Legion, has died.
23-year-old Lorenzo Rodrigues is being hailed a hero, after he saved some of his fellow soldiers from drowning.
The vessel they were on capsized during a rafting exercise last week.
Rodrigues helped eight men to safety, and drowned when he returned to safe another.
He joined the French Foreign Legion two years ago.
Rodrigues matriculated from Durban High in 2011.
He will receive a Military Funeral this week in Marseilles.
His mother, Elaine Rodrigues spoke to ECR Newswatch and says the family is devastated.
She was called by one of the mothers after the accident.
Lorenzo Rodrigues, his wife and their young daughter
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