This 99-year-old war veteran, captaintommoore, has become a celebrity by raising at least $8 million for Britain’s health service with a walk around his garden in Bedfordshire, England, during the coronavirus crisis 1/3
LONDON - A 99-year-old war veteran has become a celebrity by raising at least 6.4 million pounds for Britain’s health service with a walk around his garden in the coronavirus crisis.
The story has lifted the hearts of a nation stuck in lockdown for the last month and weary of the relentless wave of grim news. So far, more than 12,000 people with COVID-19 have died in British hospitals, the fifth-highest total globally. His son-in-law Colin Ingram said Moore wanted to give something back after receiving such good care from the state-run National Health Service when he broke his hip two years ago and in subsequent hospital visits.
“We said we’d give him a pound a lap, and thank goodness I didn’t say I’d match any money he raised!”Moore, pictured with his campaign medals from his time as an army officer in Asia in World War Two, has featured on UK news programmes and front pages, and his family are fielding interest from as far afield as the United States, France and Australia.
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