Marathon runner Claire Squires will be over the news through the United Kingdom. She was a marathon runner who passed away during the end half of her race. The London Marathon has raised over £1m in less than a week after her collapse. More than ten thousand people has logged into the web and supported the charity fund raiser. Her news has been spreading rapidly and the collections has been also rapidly rising. During the past few days of the fund raiser, there has be a £30,000 an hour with people donating with an average of £11. Despite her death, her father was very proud but emotional about the incident. He said " It seems as though my daughter has captured the hearts of a nation. She was a wonderful, loving, giving person and it is some comfort to us as a family that people have responded in this way. It is amazing." This is already the 11th participant to past away in the 31 years this marathon has been running for. Her funeral will be at St. Andrew's church right beside the grave of her brother who died 11 years ago at the age of 25.
While reading this article I thought to myself why these things happen to the good people in the world. She was running without any problems or defects in her body. Reading and noticing her death almost at the end of her race was really shocking. I also felt really bad for her family since two of their kids have passed away. But in a positive note, it was really nice to see everyone showing their work and effort by donation their money on behalf of Claire Squires.
Link:http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/apr/27/claire-squires-samaritans-site-raises-1m
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