Albanian hero saved from drowning a woman in London (Photo)

A muscular hero has saved a woman from drowning on the Thanmes River in London, after she has shouted “she cannot swim”, Kosovo reports.

This hero, he's an Albanian with Greek citizenship, Genc Gestilla, who was sitting in a bar drinking a drink with a friend when he found that someone fell from the Kaw Bridge, west of London, into the river.

Alarmed, he ran to the river and called the woman who was fighting life.

But the 21-year-old told Mail Online that he knew he needed to act when he saw the woman desperately seeking help.

I called her and she answered that; I can't swim, I saw she was sinking, so I decided to save”

Gestilla, who reportedly served in the army of Greece, removed his fanella, removed her phone and wallet from her pockets and plunged into the river to save her wife.

The “was in the middle of the river, it was very deep, I couldn't touch the bottom of”.

She was in shock because the water was very cold. When I approached you, he told me he couldn't breathe, then I covered it up and I took it to shore”.

The Witnesses have described Genc as a film hero because of their formed bodies and compared him to Daniel Craig from the James Bond scene.

But, the Albanian who regularly deals with fines, says that the army has conducted specific training that they have prepared for such acts.

I've been in the Greek Army and I'm used to how to deal with these” situations.

We've even been swimming in frozen lake in the army, so this was nothing to me. I've been practicing for this stuff”

I didn't think much about how water could affect me, I just wanted to save that girl”

One witness, Phil Hardy, 52, from New York, who has been staying in London for a visit has explained Genc' bravery.

It was a very dramatic moment, this man, who seems to be in his 20s, has shown unfathomable bravery”