Faron Hall (May 14, 1964 – August 17, 2014)[1] was a Canadian man who had become known as the "Homeless Hero", after rescuing several people from drowning in several separate incidents.
Hall was born on the Dakota Tipi First Nation [fy] reserve near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba on May 14, 1964.
Hall grew up in a foster home in Waverley Heights[3] and at eighteen, he entered a high school and employment skills program that was for inner-city youths.
He graduated, working as a teacher's aide[4] at Hugh John Macdonald School[5] while studying education at the University of Manitoba for two years.
On May 1 2009, Hall and his friend Wayne Spence were sitting along the riverbank when nineteen year old Joseph Mousseau[7] fell over the Provencher Bridge guardrail and into the river.
The boy was running across lanes of traffic with his friends, and attempted to pole-vault over the railing onto what he thought was a pedestrian bridge below.
The noise alerted Hall, who immediately discarded his backpack and dove into the river to save the teenager.
At an angle against the strong current in cold water, Hall swam at least fifteen meters to reach Mousseau.
The victim had offered him apples instead of money, in response to his panhandling, and Hall responded by assaulting her with the car door.