Out of something tragic, happens something great

gosuckonalemon

Claire Squires, 30 years old, died on Sunday running the London marathon.

Until then she had raised around £400 for her chosen charity.

After word of her tragic death circulated, people have decided to donate to her page.

She was collecting for The Samaritans.

Now it's up at over £400,000 and showing no signs of slowing down

This is her page should you wish to donate...

http://www.justgiving.com/Claire-Squires2

Here's a link to the story..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17823840

Restored my faith in humanity somewhat.

RIP

Sparks43

That 400k is just a running total you know


*gets coat*

ElleEm

This is such a sad story, but what a way to go?!

chin_grin

gosuckonalemon wrote: »

Restored my faith in humanity somewhat.

RIP

RIP too, but how does this restore your faith in humanity when we only act upon something when someone dies? This annoys the sh!t out of me and it's the point of not appreciating what you have until you lose it.

abouttobebanned

What a person. Really just proves that it doesn't matter how much money you have, or what yo do for a living, you can still live a damn good life and leave a lasting legacy to be proud of.

gosuckonalemon

chin_grin wrote: »

RIP too, but how does this restore your faith in humanity when we only act upon something when someone dies? This annoys the sh!t out of me and it's the point of not appreciating what you have until you lose it.

Fair point.

Just a great legacy to leave behind.

If only she knew what she achieved.

IM0

she looked and sounded fit

I dont usually do RIP threads but RIP

Battered Mars Bar

"Seven of the 11 fatalities during the annual race were related to heart diseases, two people suffered brain haemorrhage and one runner died after drinking too much water."

Is that right, 11 died?

every cloud has a silver lining

Tea_Bag

I thought this thread was about Batman.

fair play anyway though. rip.

IM0

Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

"Seven of the 11 fatalities during the annual race were related to heart diseases, two people suffered brain haemorrhage and one runner died after drinking too much water."

Is that right, 11 died?

yes. fatality = death

AboutTwoFiddy

Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

"Seven of the 11 fatalities during the annual race were related to heart diseases, two people suffered brain haemorrhage and one runner died after drinking too much water."

Is that right, 11 died?

Over the events history.

RIP.

smash

It doesn't say how she died. Maybe The Samaritans should donate back some of the money to research into whatever her cause of death was.

abouttobebanned

Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

"Seven of the 11 fatalities during the annual race were related to heart diseases, two people suffered brain haemorrhage and one runner died after drinking too much water."

Is that right, 11 died?

Well, it would seem that's more than the Grand National. BAN IT!

It wasn't me!

11 have died running it since 1981.

IM0

smash wrote: »

It doesn't say how she died. Maybe The Samaritans should donate back some of the money to research into whatever her cause of death was.

they have not released the post mortem yet. I hope they do though and we get to hear about it. Im guessing an underlying unkown heart condition or SAD sudden adult death syndrome.

IM0

It wasn't me! wrote: »

11 have died running it since 1981.

and the reason for the event in the first place is because a greek guy thousands of years ago ran the marathon distance to a town to deliver news, and died soon after he arrived gasping. I think his name was marathon or the town was marathon. something like that anyway.

Stiffler2

How Ironic that a healthy fit jogger collapses from exercising too much at that early age.






*lights cigarette*


Suppose you can't believe everything you hear, points finger at the non-smoking brigade




So I suppose we're banning running now - yeah ?

gosuckonalemon

smash wrote: »

It doesn't say how she died. Maybe The Samaritans should donate back some of the money to research into whatever her cause of death was.

Do you know what kind of work the Samaritans actually do?


(Obviously not)

IM0

Stiffler2 wrote: »

So I suppose we're banning running now - yeah ?

well in playgrounds anyway :rolleyes:

gosuckonalemon

Stiffler2 wrote: »

How Ironic that a healthy fit jogger collapses from exercising too much at that early age.

She didn't die from exercising too much

foxyboxer

Stiffler2 wrote: »

So I suppose we're banning running now - yeah ?

Over 800,000 people have run the London Marathon. 11 deaths while tragic are to be expected.

Stiffler2

IM0 wrote: »

well in playgrounds anyway :rolleyes:

Yeah - My sister actually mentioned this to me, it can't be true is it.
Not in Ireland anyway ??

They've banned kids running in playgrounds in case they scrape their knee and sue the school. Totally ridiculous.

and they wonder why kids are fat these days ?

smash

gosuckonalemon wrote: »

Do you know what kind of work the Samaritans actually do?


(Obviously not)

Yes, they help people with depression, suicidal tenancies etc. Do you know?

im invisible

IM0 wrote: »

and the reason for the event in the first place is because a greek guy thousands of years ago ran the marathon distance to a town to deliver news, and died soon after he arrived gasping. I think his name was marathon or the town was marathon. something like that anyway.

i heard it was named after a chocolate bar, but the choclate maker forgot to trademark it, and the organisers got the rights to the name in britain, so they had to change the name

stovelid

gosuckonalemon wrote: »

Do you know what kind of work the Samaritans actually do?


(Obviously not)

Helping mugging victims on the side of the road in the middle-east?

IM0

Stiffler2 wrote: »

Yeah - My sister actually mentioned this to me, it can't be true is it.
Not in Ireland anyway ??

They've banned kids running in playgrounds in case they scrape their knee and sue the school. Totally ridiculous.

and they wonder why kids are fat these days ?

I remember this coming in when I was at school about 15 years ago, or they did in my school anyways. health & safety gone mad :rolleyes:

Latchy

She's an inspiration to all .RIP

eviltwin

Very sad but what a wonderful legacy. RIP

im invisible

on a totally unrelated note, i was going to do that today fm shave-or-die thing for cancer research a few months ago. signed up on-line, then forgot all about it, the sponsorship form and t-shirt pack never arrived anyway.

but anyway, a couple of weeks ago a letter arrived in the post thanking me for my contribution of €92.15, which was nice

Guy:Incognito

abouttobebanned wrote: »

What a person. .

Was she not just one of a few thousand people running the marathon and raisin money for charity until she happened to drop dead?

It's nice that so many people do that any all but she wasnt some maverick forging a path for humanity.

Latchy

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Was she not just one of a few thousand people running the marathon and raisin money for charity until she happened to drop dead?

It's nice that so many people do that any all but she wasnt some maverick forging a path for humanity.

I'm pretty sure that had she had the slightest inkling she would collapse and die while doing so, she wouldn't have run but the fact that she died young ,doing something to help others makes her special .

Feathers

chin_grin wrote: »

RIP too, but how does this restore your faith in humanity when we only act upon something when someone dies? This annoys the sh!t out of me and it's the point of not appreciating what you have until you lose it.

It's not that people don't give money to charity otherwise. People decided to donate in her name to honour someone who tragically died doing something selfless & the fact that it's in her name will hopefully provide some solace to her family through it too.

OP, thanks for the link.