Three Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) students who rescued their colleague from suicide have been honoured.
KNUST Vice-Chancellor Prof. Akosua Dickson, on Wednesday, August 2, awarded them during the maiden Vice-Chancellor’s Students’ Excellence Awards under the Special Award Category.
The heroic students are Theophilus Amo Oduro Aboagye, Kwabena Amoako Marfo and James Michael Mozley Nsafoa.
The three recipients who were not present were represented by Frank Owusu, President of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC).
In July 2023, the three students of Brunei Hostel rushed to grab another student who was hanging from the balcony of his room and pulled him to safety.
In a video on social media, the victim, a medical student, was seen hanging in an alleged suicide attempt.
Hours after the video was circulated, a purported suicide note that he was believed to have left surfaced online.
In the note, he commiserated with his parents, siblings, and friends, explaining that his decision was hard to reach but a last resort.
The incident put other students in a state of shock and sparked conversations about the mental health of students at the university.
