Laura's story

Although all the emergency services, from the Police, to the Highway Services, to the NHS worked together that evening, Laura says that she believes that she owes her life to East Anglian Air Ambulance. From a quote in her book: 10-10-10: my journey from suicide attempt to ultra marathon, she says: “Without their leading role, by effortlessly saving life and limb at the roadside, I’m quite sure that I’ve have croaked it there and then”.

Laura spent many months in rehabilitation learning to walk again, and her attitude to life is now one of immense gratitude, from the small things like enjoying a cup of tea and the more impactful things like helping to inspire people to ‘realise their capabilities, appreciate how precious life and that for those who are struggling, to realise that ‘they are enough.’ Laura went on to run ten marathons in ten days to raise money for East Anglian Air Ambulance and, because of her inspirational work, she was asked to the Olympic Torch on part of its journey around the country before the 2012 Olympics. She is now also a motivational speaker and ambassador for EAAA.

She thanks EAAA supporters for enabling her to have these amazing life-experiences.

Currently, more than one in three of EAAA tasks are funded by gifts in Wills. Laura’s message to anyone who has left a gift in their Will is that they should be proud knowing that they will be a part of a group of people whose mission it is to save lives. They could give someone a second chance – someone like her.