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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;">I have just completed a SkyDive with an amazing group of people who were all raising money to save lives from the dreadful disease of tuberculosis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;">I can only describe it as one of the most amazing, indescribable experiences that I have ever had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;">The nerves didn’t actually really kick in until we watched a video as part of our training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We saw a film of someone being taken up in the plane and then jumping out of it and saw their sky dive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was terrifying to watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was then that it totally dawned on me what I had actually let myself in for – and I cried – but I didn’t actually let anyone know I was crying!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;">Going up in the plane was very scary, more in anticipation of what was about to happen than anything else! Next came the jump!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sitting in the plane’s doorway in mid air with only the earth below was an incredible and terrifying experience.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;">We then jumped and fell through the air at £120mph, with no parachute – we were very high up indeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was incredible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most amazing part, I thought, was when the parachute opened and we began our long descent to earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My tandem parachutist gave me an extended tour of the whole of East Anglia – when you are that high up you can see a very long way.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am raising funds for TB Alert, and helping to save lives and relieve suffering of thousands of people from a dreadful disease which kills over 1.7 million people a year around the world. Yet TB is a forgotten disease. The people who are affected by it are forgotten. We should remember them and rise to the challenge of eradicating TB.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I did my bit by launching myself out of a plane at 13,000 feet and I’d be ever so grateful for your support by sponsoring me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just £25 can save a life from TB – please give whatever you can – it really <span style="text-decoration: underline;">will </span>make a difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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