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Midlands Firefighter Lost in Channel Swim

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kittylester Sat 24-Jun-23 19:04:56

It made me quite cross that this happened while all the news was about very rich, self indulgent people in a submersible.

Priorities.

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tickingbird Sat 24-Jun-23 18:36:25

So tragic. RIP

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Oldbat1 Sat 24-Jun-23 18:33:11

Oh how very sad. Support boat????

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Mollygo Sat 24-Jun-23 17:18:37

What a tragedy. A dreadful outcome of trying to help others.

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Smileless2012 Sat 24-Jun-23 17:13:45

What a terrible tragedy; heartbreaking.

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BlueBelle Sat 24-Jun-23 17:09:48

How can that happen I thought the accompanying boat always kept the swimmer in sight

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V3ra Sat 24-Jun-23 16:54:49

Just an update for people who are interested:
Iain's fundraising target for his swim was £21,000.
Donations are currently over £49,000.

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GrannyGravy13 Thu 22-Jun-23 08:59:36

How terribly sad, someone trying to raise money for charity losing their life in the process RIP

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Primrose53 Thu 22-Jun-23 08:32:33

Dreadful news. He had a support boat ….. how did it lose him? Why were the RNLI not called in to help?

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Kate1949 Wed 21-Jun-23 23:46:13

How sad. Thank you V3ra. We too have reason to be grateful to West Midlands Firefighters.

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V3ra Wed 21-Jun-23 23:36:34

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/hughesyswimstheenglishchannel?utm_term=APRjrVXkE

If anyone wants to donate, this is Iain's JustGiving page.

We have good reason to be very grateful to West Midlands firefighters in our family.

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V3ra Wed 21-Jun-23 23:32:30

BBC News - Charity swimmer Iain Hughes missing in English Channel
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-65971992

Sadly the search for Iain Hughes has been called off.
He'd been training for two years for this charity swim. Such tragic news.

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