Bolden went under Monday while helping a friend caught in a rip current at /*Jacob Riis Park*/ in Queens. Officials say Bolden's friend made it to shore but he never resurfaced.
Bolden had just accepted a job helping passengers in wheelchairs at Kennedy Airport. He would have celebrated his 22nd birthday on Saturday.
Luther Bolden says he's proud of his nephew's heroics and believes "he went straight to heaven."
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