A very different story - Chris Sim

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Date of incident – 07/10/06

Time –  11am

Location –  A20, Charing

Sadly from time to time real life stories do not always have happy endings and even the specialised skills of the medical crew of the Air Ambulance are unable to save the patients life. This is a story about one such incident.

Chris Sim was involved in a serious motorcycle accident in October 2006. His bike was in collision with a car and although the Air Ambulance was called, Chris’s injuries were just too severe and sadly he died at the scene.

His mother, Angela Sim was like all bereaved parents devastated. She has written a moving book of poems in memory of her son, following her thoughts and emotions for the first year after his tragic death.

The Air Ambulance’s story is usually a positive one about saving life but since the helicopter and its crew attend some of the most serious medical emergencies there will always be times when the outcome is not what we would have wished. We hope that for those people who have lost a loved one, the poems in this book will help them.

If you would like to obtain a copy of this book, please send your details by email to website@kaat.org.uk and we will forward them to Chris’s mother, the author of this book.

The cost of the book is £5 and all proceeds, at Angela’s request will go to the Kent Air Ambulance.