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| Help for Heroes donations deluge crashes website after Woolwich murder | Help for Heroes donations deluge crashes website after Woolwich murder |
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| Help for Heroes has been swamped with donations, leading to its website crashing, after Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered while wearing one of the charity's tops. | Help for Heroes has been swamped with donations, leading to its website crashing, after Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered while wearing one of the charity's tops. |
| Supporters of the military charity took to social networks in an attempt to boost its coffers after the 25-year-old was killed in Woolwich, south-east London, on Wednesday. | Supporters of the military charity took to social networks in an attempt to boost its coffers after the 25-year-old was killed in Woolwich, south-east London, on Wednesday. |
| The former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan was among the sports stars, actors, broadcasters and politicians who spoke out in support of the charity, urging the public to give money. | The former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan was among the sports stars, actors, broadcasters and politicians who spoke out in support of the charity, urging the public to give money. |
| David Cameron tweeted his support and a photograph of him wearing a Help for Heroes wristband. He wrote: "Proud to support @HelpforHeroes in tmrw's @TheSunNewspaper in memory of Drummer Lee Rigby £H4H". | David Cameron tweeted his support and a photograph of him wearing a Help for Heroes wristband. He wrote: "Proud to support @HelpforHeroes in tmrw's @TheSunNewspaper in memory of Drummer Lee Rigby £H4H". |
| The Oscar-winning actor Dame Helen Mirren donned a Help for Heroes polo shirt. The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, and London's mayor, Boris Johnson, also gave their backing. | The Oscar-winning actor Dame Helen Mirren donned a Help for Heroes polo shirt. The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, and London's mayor, Boris Johnson, also gave their backing. |
| Help for Heroes offered its thanks for the "extraordinary demonstration of support", which it said had taken it by surprise. | Help for Heroes offered its thanks for the "extraordinary demonstration of support", which it said had taken it by surprise. |
| In a statement on its website, the charity said: "Since the sad news emerged that a serving soldier had been murdered in Woolwich, Help for Heroes has been overwhelmed with people spontaneously showing their support for the armed forces. | In a statement on its website, the charity said: "Since the sad news emerged that a serving soldier had been murdered in Woolwich, Help for Heroes has been overwhelmed with people spontaneously showing their support for the armed forces. |
| "Our website is struggling to cope with this overwhelming reaction from the British public, some of whom are choosing to buy T-shirts and hoodies." | "Our website is struggling to cope with this overwhelming reaction from the British public, some of whom are choosing to buy T-shirts and hoodies." |
| It added: "This sudden surge of interest in the work we're doing to help the wounded and their families has taken us completely by surprise. We just want to help, and all funds we receive will be used to provide direct, practical support to those affected by their service to our country. | It added: "This sudden surge of interest in the work we're doing to help the wounded and their families has taken us completely by surprise. We just want to help, and all funds we receive will be used to provide direct, practical support to those affected by their service to our country. |
| "We ask all our volunteers, fundraisers and donors to remember Lee Rigby's family, colleagues and friends." | "We ask all our volunteers, fundraisers and donors to remember Lee Rigby's family, colleagues and friends." |
| The charity said: "Thousands of people have visited our website wishing to donate or to buy H4H T-shirts in an extraordinary demonstration of support and defiance of terrorism. We are working hard to respond to this level of activity." | The charity said: "Thousands of people have visited our website wishing to donate or to buy H4H T-shirts in an extraordinary demonstration of support and defiance of terrorism. We are working hard to respond to this level of activity." |
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