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A Coralville man who drowned in 2022 while rescuing his friend’s 8-year-old son from the Iowa River has posthumously been awarded a Carnegie Medal for Heroism by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.

A GoFundMe has been organized to support the loved ones of Wegayewu Faris, the 42-year-old Coralville resident who drowned in the Iowa River Friday.

Wegayewu Faris was on a fishing trip when he went into the river to save a child who was struggling in the water. The child was taken to the hospital.

City High School in Iowa City will put up a plaque to honor a man who drowned while saving a child from the Iowa River Friday. The man, Wegayewu Faris, had been a custodian at City High since 2005.

A GoFundMe has been organized to support the loved ones of Wegayewu Faris, the 42-year-old Coralville resident who drowned in the Iowa River Friday.

Lang 8/6/22 A City High employee has lost his life saving a child from drowning in the Iowa River near Lone Tree. According to a news release from the Johnson

Wegayewu Faris was on a fishing trip when he went into the river to save a child who was struggling in the water. The child was taken to the hospital.

Wegayewu Faris was on a fishing trip when he went into the river to save a child who was struggling in the water. The child was taken to the hospital.

JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL) -- One man has died after diving after an 8-year-old drowning in the Iowa River Friday.

The body of Wegayewu Faris, 42, was found about 7:10 p.m., the office said. He is not related to the child, authorities said, but like the child he had come with others to fish at the river.