Make content about: Maria found strength through sport
After losing her fiancé in a military jet crash, Maria rebuilt through sport and is tackling a 27km coastal hike with their daughter.
This story
Maria served 23 years in the Royal Navy as an aero-engineer. In 2002, her fiancé Jack was killed in a Sea Harrier training accident, leaving her to raise their six-year-old daughter Jill. Physical fitness helped Maria cope with the emotional stress and continue her naval career until 2011. Now, she and Jill are tackling their first 27km hiking challenge along the Jurassic Coast to raise funds for veterans.
Where you could take it
Sit down with Maria and Jill to talk through their first 27km hike along the Jurassic Coast and Maria's 23 years in the Royal Navy.
Where it happens
Templecombe
The charity
- Charity: Help For Heroes
- Registration number: 1120920
- Based in: Salisbury, England