LONDON – There are the heroes of legends and comics and there are the heroes of everyday life, people who instead of muscles have the courage and physical strength the determination, who do not stop in front of difficulties and whose true merit, to beyond actions, to inspire others to be the best version of themselves. Sir Tom Moore, who passed away today at the age of one hundred, was a hero. The state for the UK in the era of Covid as well as for hundreds of thousands of people around the world, who kidnapped by his resourcefulness helped him to raise nearly £ 33 million for the UK health system.
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A small soul like me won’t be able to make a big difference, he said in his first televised interview last April. He was wrong. The images of an elderly man in a suit and tie who, with a walker, worked hard every day to reach his goal of a hundred laps of the backyard for his 100th birthday gave hope to a country in the throes of the virus, represented a ray of light among the tragic Covid bulletins, reminded everyone that despite the restrictions and loneliness, life could , and had to, go on.
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The irony of fate wanted it to be the virus that took it away, he who during the Second World War with the army had arrived as far as India, too young to be afraid. Due to pneumonia diagnosed a few weeks ago, Sir Tom had not received the vaccine. The positive swab arrived last week, hospitalization on Sunday. Last night it became clear that the end was near with the news that despite the lockdown, family members had gathered at his bedside at Bedford hospital.
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Queen Elizabeth, who broke her solitary confinement in July to award Moore the title of Sir in person with a ceremony in the garden of Windsor Castle, he sent his and all the Windsors condolences to the family, pointing out that meeting him was a real pleasure. Prime Minister Boris Johnson called him a hero in the truest sense of the wordIn the dark days of the Second World War he fought for freedom, in the face of the darkest crisis since the war he united the population and cheered us up. It represented – he said – the triumph of the human spirit.
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Daughters Hannah and Lucy have made it known that they shared with their father, even during his last hours, laughter and tears talking about the memories of their childhood and of their mother. The last year of his life – they stressed – was extraordinary, it made him feel younger and allowed him to experience experiences he never imagined. Not a small soul. A giant.
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February 2, 2021 (change February 2, 2021 | 20:31)
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