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Cpt Tom Moore, UK COVID-19 HERO
Cpt Tom Moore, COVID-19 HERO
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Originally Posted by His Story
A 99-year-old war veteran who has raised more than £21m for the NHS has been hailed as a "one-man fundraising machine" by the Duke of Cambridge.
Captain Tom Moore originally aimed to raise just £1,000 for NHS Charities Together by completing 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday.
More than 950,000 people have now made donations to his JustGiving page.
More than half a million people have called for Capt Tom to be knighted in a petition to the Honours Committee.
The petition, which was set up earlier this week, has received more than 553,000 signatures after his efforts grabbed the nation's attention.
As he finished the challenge on Thursday, Capt Tom said it was "an absolutely fantastic sum of money".
In a tweet, he said he would be doing "less walking" on Friday but would be talking to TV channels in the United States, Argentina, Europe and the Middle East.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-...herts-52303859 |
Someone has created a video on YT celebrating Cpt Tom, using David Bowie's iconic Ground Control to Maj Tom song
https://www.*******.com/watch?v=1L2vYx00hlc
Over 800K have signed a petition calling for the Queen's Honors for Cpt Tom (there several petitions floating around, I suspect the count is over 1M)
https://www.change.org/p/war-hero-to...aptaintommoore
 
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Last edited by JJ_BPK; 04-21-2020 at 06:40.
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