EXCLUSIVE: Grieving mum backs Mirror Save Lives for Sam campaign with warning to parents after son, 15, drowned in river

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A grieving mum who lost her 15-year-old son after he drowned in a river is urging families to have the one potentially life-saving chat with their children, she didn't have. It has been almost five years since Thandolwethu Ndlovu , known to family and friends as Thando, tragically drowned in the River Trent. His mother, Nombulelo Ndlovu, still remembers the teenage footballer as a “loving, sincere and charismatic boy” whose smile could light up a room and who never left anyone feeling sad for