Firefighters stood outside their station in Long Eaton, while lights flashed from a fire engine and clapped in memory of the 100-year-old World War Two veteran who died from Covid-19 while in Bedford Hospital on Tuesday, February 2nd. They joined the nation in a clap at 6pm on Wednesday February 3rd, organised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to honour the life of Captain Sir Tom. In the lead up to his birthday Sir Tom raised almost £33m for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden during the first lockdown. In Twitter post which included a video of fire workers, Long Eaton On-Call Fire crew said: “We salute you Captain Tom!
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