A man drowned in the sea after trying to save his friend who 'didn't want to live anymore', an inquest into his death heard.
Alex Gibson, 22, had been on a night out in Blackpool when his friend called him from the North Pier in the early hours of July 30 last year.
He had been with her earlier in the night but the pair separated when she went to Sapphires nightclub, Lancashire Live reports.
Despite being unable to swim, Alex rushed to save her after she told him she was suicidal, the inquest at Blackpool Town Hall heard today (January 24).
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