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Captain Tom Moore doing laps of his garden
Perhaps the most famous everyday hero this pandemic has seen, 99-year-old Captain Tom Moore from the UK has raised a staggering £26 million ($32m) for NHS Charities Together emergency coronavirus appeal. The captain's initial plan was to raise £1,000 ($1.2k) by walking 100 laps of his garden before he turned 100 on 30 April, but the fundraiser has gone above and beyond all expectations. And the total is only set to grow, as Captain Tom has now teamed up with British musical star Michael Ball and the NHS Voices of Care Choir to release a rendition of the song You'll Never Walk Alone, which has already topped the UK charts. The Captain's efforts have seen him become recognised all over the globe, and as the veteran completed the last of his 100 laps he had this message of hope for everybody who watched: “At the end of the day we shall all be okay. The sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away.”
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Hannah Ward-Glenton
22 April 2020
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