Tributes have been paid to a 'one in a million hero' who saved three lives by donating his organs after his sudden death.
Jeremy O'Regan died in what has been called a 'tragic accident' after falling from a window at a block of flats at Park View Mansions, on New Road, while visiting friends last month.
After a week's battle in Southampton General Hospital, the 21-year-old's family made the decision to turn off his life support and donate his organs, helping three people in need of transplants.
Jeremy was a son to his parents, Lee, 48 and Danielle, 45, and a younger brother to Andrew, 23.
Jeremy's dad, Lee, said the decision to donate his organs reflected the kind of person his son was.
He said: "We were led by what Jeremy would have wanted and there's no way he wouldn't want to help other people."
Jeremy O'Regan (Image: Submitted)
Born on July 21, 2004, Jeremy was described by his family as outgoing, kind and well known across Southampton.
Lee said: "Jeremy was the life and soul of the party. He'd start a conversation with anybody and always had time to talk to people."
From school through to adulthood, Jeremy loved socialising and worked in bars around the city, including at Harbour Hotel, while also building a career as a junior site engineer working on the Botley bypass.
Lee said: "He was just a really good-natured kid and had time for everyone."
After the fall on November 8, Jeremy was taken to the Wessex Neuro Intensive Care Unit at Southampton General Hospital, where doctors carried out emergency surgery and kept him alive by machines while his condition was monitored.
"For around about five days there was no change," Lee said.
"The machines were breathing for him. They brought his heart back and his heart was keeping itself going."
After scans and tests confirmed Jeremy had suffered catastrophic brain injuries, the family were told there was no hope of recovery.
Lee said: "The surgeon said, 'Jeremy died a week ago. We've got some magical systems keeping him alive, but there is no hope.'"
On November 15, with both parents present, Jeremy passed away, and the family were asked to consider organ donation. Lee said the decision was guided by what they believed Jeremy would have wanted.
A letter later sent to the family by the organ donation team confirmed that three people's lives had been changed as a result of the decision.
Lee said: "A gentleman in his 30s received a kidney transplant after being on the waiting list for four years. A lady in her 20s received a kidney after being on the transplant waiting list for three years. And Jeremy gave the especially rare gift of a heart to a gentleman in his 40s."
"To us, he's an absolute hero to have saved three people," he added.
More than 120 people attended Jeremy's funeral on November 28, with family, friends, colleagues and former employers gathering to celebrate his life.
Since his death, Jeremy's family have launched a fundraiser in his memory. Money raised has helped cover funeral costs, with plans to support the Wessex Neuro Intensive Care Unit that cared for him.
Lee said the family had not realised what went on behind the scenes in hospital intensive care units until they experienced it first-hand.
He said: "Jeremy was in an individual room with 24-hour care right around the clock for seven days. The machinery, everything - the cost involved must have been astronomical."
He said the decision to donate part of the fundraiser to the unit was a way of giving something back to the staff who cared for his son.
So far, the GoFundMe set up in Jeremy's memory has raised £7,087.
Lee hopes Jeremy's story will also encourage others to consider joining the organ donor register.
The 48-year-old added: "It's amazing for something so powerful to come from something so sad.
"We just want his legacy to show that something good came at the end."