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| Terminally ill Reading crane hero has bucket list wishes granted | Terminally ill Reading crane hero has bucket list wishes granted |
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| Glen Edwards who used a cage to rescue the workman, who was surrounded by flames and thick smoke, has always played down his heroics | Glen Edwards who used a cage to rescue the workman, who was surrounded by flames and thick smoke, has always played down his heroics |
| A terminally ill hero crane operator, who rescued a workman from a burning high-rise building is set to get his bucket list wishes granted. | A terminally ill hero crane operator, who rescued a workman from a burning high-rise building is set to get his bucket list wishes granted. |
| Glen Edwards was dubbed the "Bruce Willis of Reading" after using a cage to rescue the workman, who was trapped on a roof of the Station Hill development in November 2023. | Glen Edwards was dubbed the "Bruce Willis of Reading" after using a cage to rescue the workman, who was trapped on a roof of the Station Hill development in November 2023. |
| After being told his spine cancer had grown Mr Edwards' wife, Kate, asked Bucket List Wishes for help "to make some lasting treasured memories together whilst we can". | After being told his spine cancer had grown Mr Edwards' wife, Kate, asked Bucket List Wishes for help "to make some lasting treasured memories together whilst we can". |
| The charity has stepped in and will first help the couple and their teenage son move home, before organising several other wishes, including a family photo shoot, for Mr Edwards and his loved ones once they are settled in. | The charity has stepped in and will first help the couple and their teenage son move home, before organising several other wishes, including a family photo shoot, for Mr Edwards and his loved ones once they are settled in. |
| Passers by watched on as the worker climbed into a cage suspended from a crane | Passers by watched on as the worker climbed into a cage suspended from a crane |
| Mr Edwards said: "Things are not too clever... I've got [sic] diagnosed with terminal cancer. | Mr Edwards said: "Things are not too clever... I've got [sic] diagnosed with terminal cancer. |
| "I had cancer in the tongue in February when I rescued the guy... I got that cleared up with radiotherapy but then in the next breath, after I had a full body scan, the consultant told me that I had cancer in my spine in five places. | "I had cancer in the tongue in February when I rescued the guy... I got that cleared up with radiotherapy but then in the next breath, after I had a full body scan, the consultant told me that I had cancer in my spine in five places. |
| "I have been undergoing chemotherapy... but it has grown, to cut a long story short." | "I have been undergoing chemotherapy... but it has grown, to cut a long story short." |
| Feeling overwhelmed with their much-awaited house move and the news Mr Edwards was set to undergo another course of chemotherapy in the next few weeks, Mrs Edwards turned to Bucket List Wishes. | Feeling overwhelmed with their much-awaited house move and the news Mr Edwards was set to undergo another course of chemotherapy in the next few weeks, Mrs Edwards turned to Bucket List Wishes. |
| Reading crane hero's bucket list granted | |
| The couple had previously met Gini Hackett, founder of the Berkshire charity that grants wishes for terminally ill adults in Berkshire, at the BBC Radio Berkshire Make a Difference Awards. | The couple had previously met Gini Hackett, founder of the Berkshire charity that grants wishes for terminally ill adults in Berkshire, at the BBC Radio Berkshire Make a Difference Awards. |
| Ms Hackett said: "I just remember watching his nomination and thinking, 'Wow.. he's incredible, what an incredible thing to do for another human'. | Ms Hackett said: "I just remember watching his nomination and thinking, 'Wow.. he's incredible, what an incredible thing to do for another human'. |
| "Then Glen's wife contacted us just over a week ago to ask us if we would help them. | "Then Glen's wife contacted us just over a week ago to ask us if we would help them. |
| "We found this humbling but also we've been emotional about this because we know how much of a hero Glen is... hopefully we have gone over and above and made a quite simple but stressful thing of moving a lot easier for him." | "We found this humbling but also we've been emotional about this because we know how much of a hero Glen is... hopefully we have gone over and above and made a quite simple but stressful thing of moving a lot easier for him." |
| The charity has organised the house move, along with carpets, flooring, blinds and kitchen essentials, including an oven, as well as a new shed, and food shopping and bedding vouchers. | The charity has organised the house move, along with carpets, flooring, blinds and kitchen essentials, including an oven, as well as a new shed, and food shopping and bedding vouchers. |
| Gini Hackett founder of Bucket List Wishes said she was "humbled" to grant Mr Edwards wishes | Gini Hackett founder of Bucket List Wishes said she was "humbled" to grant Mr Edwards wishes |
| Thanking the charity, Mr Edwards described Gini as an "angel". | Thanking the charity, Mr Edwards described Gini as an "angel". |
| "What she has done for us has been unbelievable, she has taken so much pressure off us," he explained. | "What she has done for us has been unbelievable, she has taken so much pressure off us," he explained. |
| He said his diagnosis meant he had been unable to work. | He said his diagnosis meant he had been unable to work. |
| "I've had to retire... I had no intention of retiring at 65," he said. | "I've had to retire... I had no intention of retiring at 65," he said. |
| Alongside supporting the move, the charity has also helped the Edwards family set up an online fundraising page to achieve any further wishes. | Alongside supporting the move, the charity has also helped the Edwards family set up an online fundraising page to achieve any further wishes. |
| Mr Edwards, who has always played down his heroics, was thanked by Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue for his incredibly skilful rescue, under extremely difficult circumstances. | Mr Edwards, who has always played down his heroics, was thanked by Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue for his incredibly skilful rescue, under extremely difficult circumstances. |
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