A Burnham-On-Sea estate agent is preparing a daring sky dive from up to 13,000ft in memory of his friend’s daughter who died of a heart condition.
Ed Creswick, managing director of CJ Hole, intends to make the jump on Sunday June 8th in memory of Sian Wood, pictured below, who died aged just 24 in 2010.
He will be raising funds for the British Heart Foundation.
Ed got to know Sian’s mother and step-father through the Glastonbury and Street Musical Comedy Society last year.
Ed told Burnham-On-Sea.com: “They were very welcoming and made feel totally at ease in a large cast of actors many of whom I’d not met before. When I read posts from Karen about her daughter on Facebook it made me feel very sad.”
“Karen even had to struggle to get access to her daughter’s grave on her birthday due to the floods and this was very upsetting for all her friends to see how much she desperately missed her daughter.”
“I decided I wanted to do something positive. Something that would put a huge smile on Karen’s face, something positive to keep Sian’s memory alive and something positive to raise important funds for the British Heart Foundation, a charity very dear to Sian and her family.”
In a statement, Sian’s family said: “She was the centre of a diverse and adoring network of family and friends, who miss her deeply now that she is gone. Memories of her laughter, cups of tea and bowls of popcorn will be cherished eternally by those who remain.”
Donations can be made on Ed’s JustGiving page here or text WITC48 £20 (or any other amount) to 70070.
Pictured: Ed four years ago when he did his first tandem sky dive for Diabetes UK, raising over £2,000
