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I'm Bob Bailey from Folkestone, Kent. I am a retired ambulance
technician with 28 years service and I will be 65 in July. I am
doing a Rowathon of 1,000,000 (million) metres on a Concept rowing
machine. This will take about 4-5 months to complete. I do this on a daily
basis of 10,000 metres a day at Folkestone Fitness Centre. All this is
being done in the memory of my nephew, Damian Kosten, pictured right with
his fiancée, Laura.
Damian
was a normal, happy young man who had along with his fiancée Laura, a
bright future. He was taken ill last August, admitted to Southampton
general hospital and after several weeks transferred to Harefield
hospital. By then he was a very sick boy and had a series of
operations including the fitting of a Jarvick heart pump. He was in
intensive care most of the time he spent in Harefield. Following one of
many infections his condition worsened and with his grandmother and great
grandmother at his bedside he passed away on April 2nd, aged 23. As you
can imagine his whole family and fiancée Laura are totally devastated by
his passing. I
would like to think that any money that I can generate for CRY may help
prevent another tragedy, another young life lost.
Many thanks, Bob. Bob
has had his own online fundraising page set up in memory of Damian set up
by CRY. To donate please visit the 1,000,000
metre Rowathon site
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