A 99-year-old British war veteran has become a national treasure after raising $30 million for the National Health Service by walking laps of his back yard.
Captain Tom Moore, who has used a walking frame with wheels since breaking his hip, set himself the target of walking the 25 metres around his garden 100 times before his 100th birthday on April 30.
He asked for sponsors to raise just one thousand pounds, but when his story was picked up by the British media, he could not have predicted the response he would receive from all over ther world.
He is now being hailed as one of the true heroes of the Coronavirus pandemic. Captain Moore said the walk was inspired by the care he received from Britain's state-run health care service