Tom Moore, a 99-year-old British veteran, has set himself the challenge of going around his garden 100 times before reaching the hundred spring. His walker test followed throughout the United Kingdom led to the launch of a kitty for the benefit of caregivers who are struggling, among other things, to save the lives of patients with Covid-19. In a few days, almost 25 M € were raised.
Thursday, "Captain Tom" completed the last few meters in a jacket covered with medals and a tie, leaning on his walker, between two rows of soldiers standing at attention. "I feel good and I hope you are all doing well," said the BBC microphone engineer. "It's an incredible amount of money."
Although the former soldier's challenge is over, donations continue to flow. Nearly 900,000 people answered his call. Artists, English footballer Harry Kane and even Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton, praised the courage of this veteran. It is a "heroic" effort that has "touched the heart of the nation" and that Boris Johnson will seek to salute in one way or another, said the Prime Minister's spokesperson as the calls to award a medal to the old man multiply.