'He was the most wonderful, honest person': US man who drowned saving friend laid to rest

Some of the mourners at the celebration of Alex Warnick’s life in Glasnevin crematorium on Tuesday. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

The father of a US homeless man who died in a drowning accident alongside another man in Dublin earlier this month, broke down in tears while on speaker phone from America during his son's funeral service.

Alex Warnick, 41, from Oregon died on July 6 when he tried to save his friend Donal Scanlon, a native of Ballybunion, Co. Kerry after he fell into the Grand Canal. Mr Scanlon also died.