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My son died HELPING OTHERS

We had a call from Chris in late March 2022 letting us know he was in Poland and not at home in Cheltenham. He had been staying with me and his dad, Rob, in Cornwall in February while he recuperated from a small eye operation. During that time, Russia invaded Ukraine and we noticed he was completely immersed in the news about it.

We found out after he had gone to Poland that he had been touring the Army and Navy shops, buying gear to help the Ukrainians. He took it back to Cheltenham, where he was working as a running coach, gave up his job and got a flight to Warsaw. He told us not

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