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

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Image caption, 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.

Although the children were rescued from the water off the island of Bimini on Tuesday, their mother was unable to be saved, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said.

Nathan Gregory said the loss of his 36-year-old "childhood sweetheart" was "unimaginable for our family".

'Absolute hero'

"She was the purest, most amazing wife, mother and friend to have ever walked this Earth," her husband said in a Facebook post.

"I will never get over this, she was my soulmate, my…