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Tragic Rafal Skora who died in accident was a good Samaritan who went out of his way to return lost wedding present

Tragic Rafal Skora who died in a paragliding accident on Sunday was a good Samaritan who went out of his way to return a wedding present he found in his taxi.

Mr Skora, who worked as a taxi driver, found a €500 voucher in the seat of his car just a day before his death.

The kind-hearted Dublin man, who was originally from Poland, went out of his way to find the owner so he could return the gift card.

Mr Skora had picked up the customer at Merrion Row and dropped him off at a Spar in Monkstown on Saturday.

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When he realised that the customer had left a wedding card and a €500 gift card behind, he took to social media so he could return the items.

He wrote: “Hi guys, I found a wedding card and €500 BT gift card in my taxi today (Friday 10th of May) Picked customer up at Merrion Row and dropped off at Spar in Monkstown.

“All l know is that his name is Cian and he is going to marry Laura in two weeks time. I would love to get it back to him Please share. Thanks.”

He later updated the post saying: “ATTENTION!!! ALL SORTED NOW. Cian contacted me.”

Mr Skora never returned to his home in Artane after spending time on the Wicklow Mountains on Sunday.

A search was carried out by gardai, the Dublin-Wicklow Mountain Rescue and the Irish Coast Guard.

Dublin / Wicklow mountain rescue along with Glen of Imaal Mountain rescue teams who searched and recovered a man who died in a paraglider accident on the Ballinacor estate, Glenmalure, Co Wicklow. Photograph: Garry O'Neill (Garry O'Neill)

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His body was found at 8am on Sunday morning in the Ballinacor Estate in Wicklow, along with wreckage.

His wife Dominika was coming to terms with the tragic accident on Sunday.

She told the Irish Independent: “I can’t believe it is Rafal.

“I just can’t believe it. He had a huge level of experience.

She added: “His parents have been told and they are coming on Monday,

“Rafal has been paragliding for just a few years, but he has hundreds of hours of experience paragliding here and abroad.

“He was supposed to be going to Spain in a few weeks to paraglide there, he was looking forward to it.”

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