Hero Smashes £9,000,000 For NHS By Doing Laps Of His Garden

A 99-year-old veteran who challenged himself to walk 100 lengths of his garden has raised an incredible £9 million for the NHS. Captain Tom Moore, who served in India and Burma, originally set out to raise £1,000 but a burst of donations on Tuesday saw that sum pledged on average every 20 seconds. The fundraiser had topped £1 million at 9 am on Tuesday, before surpassing £5 million earlier this morning, and reaching £9 million this evening. After reaching the £5 million milestones, his Twitter account said: ‘5 MILLION! Huge thank you to @JustGiving who had over 90,000 people on Tom’s page at one time and had to try to ensure that the site didn’t crash.

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