Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), on August 2, 203, bestowed honors upon three students who had bravely saved the life of a fellow student contemplating suicide.

Prof. Akosua Dickson presented a special accolade to Theophilus Amo Oduro Aboagye, Kwabena Amoako Marfo, and James Michael Mozley Nsafoa, recognizing their extraordinary actions.

On July 4, 2023, the three students swiftly intervened at a private hostel facility on campus to rescue their colleague, who was perilously hanging from a balcony on the edge of falling off the multi-story building.

In a viral video, the three held onto the victim and pulled him to safety. They subsequently took him a health facility where the school confirmed that he had been given psychological support.

The three heroes received the ‘Special Award Category’, during the maiden Vice Chancellor’s Students’ Excellence Awards, held at the Great Hall of the KNUST.

43 others were also honoured for their outstanding performances in both academics and sports.