January 1997 CRY completed funding of Siemens Accuson Ultrasound ECHO machine worth £140,000, at St. George’s Hospital. This machine has now tested over 14,500 people
August 1997 First large-scale ECG screening – 283 ECGs and 93 ECHOs in one day, in Brighouse, Yorkshire (in memory of Dominic O’Loughlin)
September 1998
October 1998 Is the gym killing you? Vogue – July 2003 What’s safer – chilling out or working out? Five years ago, Anna Loyley, a healthy super-fit 26 year-old theatrical agent, was photographed crossing the finishing line of the Bath half-marathon – triumphant, radiant, happy… Ten second and 10 strides later, she fell to the ground
October 1998 Adrian Woodhead (in memory of his wife, Sarah) wrote to all MPs and started CRY’s lobbying campaign of government to address the issue of Sudden Cardiac Death in young people
January 2000 Sir Steve Redgrave becomes Patron of CRY
April 2000 Running around London in a CRY HEART by Mark Orchard During October 2000 whilst working at a Bournemouth fire station, Terry Brokenshire, a lad on my shift, mentioned in casual conversation that he was going to run the London Marathon dressed as a giant heart! Terry explained how he had become involved with CRY