He is a great hero n i salute him, if only he was in Europe he would have been honour appropriately than this zoo will ever do.

So sad, may heaven welcome you, God will send helpers to your wife and beautiful kids. They will never suffer. You are a truly Hero. Rest in peace great brother.

Brave man, God is with you

The government should assume the financial responsibility of this man as it concerns his family.

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Oh....you must be present over there.

The young man happens to be a friend and i am also from Bakana. Quite a sad weekend.

PHIPEX:
So sad, I wish those rescued will combine to take care of the family he left behind. I didn't mention govt cos it's largely nonexistent.

Ahanh! You mean Govt in Nigeria is a scam which only exists to protect the interests of the few political class at the expense of the masses?

blackky187:


The young man happens to be a friend and i am also from Bakana. Quite a sad weekend.

Oh nooo, that is so so sad.
May his good Soul Rest in perfect peace.
Do take heart.
Sorry bro.

Dandsome:
sad. Very sad. After rescuing 13? The 13 people rescued, why didn`t they assist in rescuing others.?

I`m sure they must have been thanking God for rescuing them without knowing that they were rescued to rescue others.

RIP young man.

Someone just enrolled into the widowhood class.

If each of the 13 could rescue himself unassisted, why would there be the need for the man to rescue them all.

Now, If each could not rescue himself unassisted, how could he help others?

By jumping into the water from which he was rescued?

A great hero!

Salute and RIP!

please govt should take care of the family

This still breaks my heart, R.I.P. joe . Let God grant you the grace and strength to bear the loss Mercy.

"Treasure base of the Nation" indeed. With all the oil money: When will the federal as well as the state governments build adequate bridges and provide modern boats that will hardly capsize?

If "Rivers State" is in Northern Nigeria and this happens; they will mobilize a serious protest for being a cash cow of the government whereas its citizens die miserably for an avoidable cause.

Such protests make government do the right thing.

This is a hero who deserves national honour.
This man ought to be immortalised. But no, these rogues would rather keep naming roads and public infrastructure after their fellow politicians who contribute nothing, except corruption, to the nation.

OH MY GOD! not again.

When one leader is busy killing his citizen........ Man u deserve some accolades

Rest in perfect peace owen's daddy...u are truely a hero

waste of life in Nigeria....ur family will just suffer

This dude is the only person that died for others, not the imaginary white man in heaven.

So touching ....Rest in peace to a selfless hero.

were is Rochas okorocha? dis man deserved a good and big statue. sorry I mean Gov wike

jerk:
Death why RIP may heaven welcome you.

true Rip... But heaven... Lol

This is so sad.i don't know,but i have a strange feeling about this story(maybe it's because i've already given up on nigerians due to their bizarre behaviour)the 13 people rescued feel too big to offer a helping hand in rescuing the 14th person abi??

He deserves a national honour like that Senegalese in France. Oh, this is NIGERIA

Nostradamus:
This is so sad.i don't know,but i have a strange feeling about this story(maybe it's because i've already given up on nigerians due to their bizarre behaviour)the 13 people rescued feel too big to offer a helping hand in rescuing the 14th person abi??

Maybe none of them could swim outside him

Requiem for the dead. A perfect example of a selfless man and a hero. Rest in peace.

21 gun salute to this hero, posterity will always remember him

He died as a hero. May his soul rest in peace. Very good man

CastedBlog:
The family of Joe Blankson a 36-year-old man has been thrown into moruning following his painful death in Rivers state.

Joe a contractor who supplies diesel died while rescuing victims of a boat accident on Saturday, He had single-handedly rescued 13 people when a boat capsized along the Abonnema-Bakana waterways in Degema, Rivers state.

Fishermen around the area rescued some people while Blankson succeeded in rescuing 13 people all on his own.
As the father-of-two attempted to rescue a 14th person, he died in the river and his body was retrieved a day later.

In all, six people died in the boat mishap, according to eyewitness reports. But the state Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, insisted that only one person died in the accident and not six.

It is believed Blackson might have died of exhaustion after going multiple times to save 13 people.

Residents of Bakama in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State have hailed the young father a hero for his selfless act which cost him his life.

The boat was conveying 25 passengers from Abonnema wharf to Bakana before the accident happened around Iborama.


From Ebiwali--
http://www.ebiwalisgossip.com/2018/08/man-rescues-13-persons-in-boat-mishap.html

Fake news

Nbote:
Dis are d ppl who deserve National Handshakes and awards...

posthumous you mean.

Millz404:
There is no greater love than laying your life for others

It was only Jesus Christ that was permitted to lay down His life for others. U were not asked to do that. U are not a redeemer.

Help as much as u can but don't lay down ur life.
If u lay down ur life, u will end up making life miserable for some other ppl (ur family).

We were told to love our neighbour as we love ourselves. We were never commanded to love our neighbours more than we love ourselves.

DONADAMS:
na wa oh..if he isn't a Christian nko?

I wonder oh. Don't know before his death but was a deadly cultist

RIP to this man,he is a true hero to be honor

Oya Nollywood. These are the type of men you should be making movies about. RIP in peace bruh