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Mum who died trying to save sons was hero, husband says

Nathan Gregory says the loss of childhood sweetheart Leanne "is unimaginable for our family".

BBC World•

The Royal Bahamas Police Force said officers on the island of Bimini launched an investigation into the sudden death of Leanne Gregory on Tuesday

The husband of a British woman who died rescuing their sons when they were swept away to sea in the Bahamas says she was a "hero... in life and in death".

Leanne Gregory, from Stapleford in Nottinghamshire, had been snorkelling with her family when the boys were swept away by a strong current, police said.

"My boys had to witness something nobody should ever have to see of any age, but they know Mum died an absolute hero."