Father of Amy Osborne, who died from Brugada Syndrome, rows 3,000-mile across the Atlantic in her memory.

A dad says he hopes he will be making his daughter proud by delivering hundreds of heart tests to Nottingham schools in her memory. Aged just 25, Amy Osborne died six years ago in her sleep from a rare condition known as brugada syndrome, which affects the electrical messages controlling a person’s heart rate.

“The challenge took 78 days and I rowed about 3,200 miles from Gran Canaria to Antigua. It was a solo mission and I didn’t have any back-up, so for most of it I literally had no interaction with anybody else at all.

People can still donate to the cause by visiting the Row for Amy website.

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