It was Friday, 18th December 1992, our last day at school: Neil aged 17 and in Y13, Alistair aged 15 and in Y10, my husband Ian from Sheffield University and myself a teacher but not at the same school as the boys. I’d been so proud that day as I’d taken in some professional photos of
I became aware of CRY early in 2012 following the sudden death of my daughter Lily. We live in Stowmarket in Suffolk and on 16/01/12 our world changed forever, Lily aged 15 was in the final year of high school when she collapsed during a school trampolining session at the local leisure centre. Despite great efforts
My name is Tara Challenor and I came into contact with CRY when my sister Therese died in 1997 at the age of 16.
Two and a half years ago I had never heard of CRY or Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. On 12th April 2004 my only child Andrew died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 21. My Husband Dave and I were away on holiday in Oxford making the most of the Easter break, at the time I
We live in Frinton-on-Sea, on the Essex coast, a place famous for its fish and chip shop and “soon to be” pub! It’s a good place to live for a family of sports lovers such as ourselves, with tennis, squash, golf and cricket clubs all on the doorstep, not to mention a beautiful sandy beach. With
Our daughter Hannah died suddenly in her sleep in February 2007. She was just 7 years old. Hannah was the twin to Lucy and brother to Oliver. With just 16 months between the births of Oliver and the girls we had had a busy time, but the children were a great team and we were starting
My name is Peter Teale, I live in Cheslyn Hay near Walsall, West Midlands. Our lives changed forever on the 15 September 2009 – this is the day that my eldest daughter Zoe died suddenly in her sleep. Zoe was only 23 years old when she died. She worked as a fitness instructor and was fit
My husband John and I had our eldest son, John, in Liverpool and we decided to emigrate to South Africa when John was 3 years of age. After 3 and a half years there, we moved back to Bournemouth and had our daughter Hayley. After 10 wonderful years by the seaside, a big decision in both
John died on his 30th Birthday, 31st May 2009. We met in 2001 and moved in together in 2002. We met in Edinburgh while I was at University and moved to Carlisle then Belfast (where John’s family lived). We had recently got married (in August 2007) and we moved from Belfast to the Orkney Islands in
Our daughter died suddenly in 2003 aged 21 years. It was two years later that we found CRY. Since then we have raised money regularly for Laura’s memorial fund at CRY. Joan has been a CRY Bereavement Supporter since 2006; and Tony has spoken at several annual CRY medical conferences and contributed to the CRY booklets
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