LONDON - More than £200000 (R2,5million) has been raised for the charity of a runner who died during the London Marathon on Sunday.
Claire Squires, a 30-year-old hairdresser from North Kilworth, central England, was entering the home straight of the 42km race when she collapsed in Birdcage Walk, near London's St James's Park.
Paramedics tried to revive Squires, running on behalf of the Samaritans, an organisation that counsels the depressed and suicidal, but she died at the scene. Since then cash has been flooding in.
Squires was running the marathon for the Samaritans because her mother has volunteered with the charity for more than 20 years.
She was also motivated to support the organisation due to the death of her brother from an overdose in 2001, the Daily Mail reported.
Tragedy stirs Brits
LONDON - More than £200000 (R2,5million) has been raised for the charity of a runner who died during the London Marathon on Sunday.
Claire Squires, a 30-year-old hairdresser from North Kilworth, central England, was entering the home straight of the 42km race when she collapsed in Birdcage Walk, near London's St James's Park.
Paramedics tried to revive Squires, running on behalf of the Samaritans, an organisation that counsels the depressed and suicidal, but she died at the scene. Since then cash has been flooding in.
Squires was running the marathon for the Samaritans because her mother has volunteered with the charity for more than 20 years.
She was also motivated to support the organisation due to the death of her brother from an overdose in 2001, the Daily Mail reported.
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