A heartbroken household is interesting to assist carry residence the physique of their "wonderful, selfless" son after he drowned making an attempt to rescue his canine from a river in Spain.
Paul Lebihan, 25, tragically handed away on Monday after saving his pet from the present, however then stepping into hassle himself within the Bolulla River, close to Benidorm.
Now his household, from Gateshead, have launched a fundraising effort to carry his physique again residence and provides him the ship off he deserves, Chronicle Reside stories.
A GoFundMe web page has been arrange by Paul's cousin, Kallym Bell, in help of his devastated dad and mom, Deborah and Paul Snr.
The web page raised an unimaginable £7,000 in lower than 24 hours of being stay, with a whole lot of individuals leaving heartfelt tribute to 'one in every of nicest males you could possibly ever meet'.
Eager novice boxer Paul was well-known by many individuals throughout the Leam Lane Property, and beloved by colleagues from the a number of years he spent working within the navy.
Kallym, 19, known as Paul: "[A]n wonderful, selfless man with a coronary heart of gold, at all times the largest giggle and the easiest to be round."
He added: "He beloved being round individuals, he was very sociable. He beloved his boxing, he was a proficient boxer, and he beloved going out along with his buddies. He was a highly regarded child, very beloved."
Questions nonetheless stay for the household across the actual circumstances of Paul's dying, and his mom Deborah has now flown out to Spain to gather her son's physique - however faces hefty prices to fly him residence.
Kallym thanked everybody who had contributed to the fundraiser to help the devastated dad and mom and mentioned that any donation, nonetheless small, was 'appreciated' and would assist carry the much-loved younger man residence.
He added: "It nonetheless hasn't actually sunk in, I can not even imagine it. We simply need him again: he was at all times on this property, there is a large household of us residing right here and all of us grew up round right here collectively and all of the household who've died are buried round right here. Our household has been in Leam Lane because the property was constructed and we need to carry Paul again.
"There's clearly the price of transporting him again after which the funeral as effectively. Paul deserves a great funeral, he did loads for different individuals and other people's donations present that he was very beloved.
"He was very selfless - saving the canine reveals that. He would do something for anybody, it is the identical along with his time within the Navy, it reveals how he was prepared to place himself earlier than others."
Donations will be made to assist carry Paul residence at https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-remembrance-of-paul-lebihan
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