{"id":962,"date":"2025-11-11T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T08:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/your-local-air-ambulance\/?page_id=962"},"modified":"2026-01-07T13:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:03:34","slug":"christmas-appeal-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/your-local-air-ambulance\/appeals\/christmas-appeal-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Appeal 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<style id=\"strategiq-content-strip-style\">@font-face{font-family:\"Souvenir\";src:url(\"\/wp-content\/themes\/the-air-ambulance-service\/assets\/fonts\/souvenir.woff2\") format(\"woff2\");font-display:swap}.block-content-strip{padding-top:1.5625rem;padding-bottom:1.5625rem;padding-left:var(--outside-padding);padding-right:var(--outside-padding)}@media (min-width: 992px){.block-content-strip{padding-top:5.625rem;padding-bottom:5.625rem}}@media (max-width: 992px){.block-content-strip.--reverse-columns-mobile 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He suffered serious injuries to his spine and needed to be stabilised before being taken by helicopter to hospital for surgery to save his ability to walk.<\/p>\n<p>Now after a long fight back to fitness he is ready to lace up his gloves and finish what he started.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said: <em>\u201cWhen I originally planned to raise money for The Air Ambulance Service\u00a0 it\u2019s because they are a great cause \u2013 there was no way I could have known that I would need their help just a few weeks before the match. Recovery has been hard but this experience has made me even more determined to give something back.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He explains what happened that day. <em>\u201cIt was a cold morning and I decided to ride a different way to work than usual because of the frosty conditions. I was waiting at a junction to merge with traffic, and the next thing I knew I was on my back and people were rushing to help. A car had hit me from behind while I was stationary.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Daniel had recently invested in new safety gear including leathers, a high visibility vest and helmet. However, he realised straight away that his back was in pain. <em>\u201cWhen I said this to one of the people who came to help, they told me I had to lie still and not move. It was a good job he was there as it turns out he was absolutely right. I later learned I had a burst fracture in one of my vertebrae and was leaking spinal fluid. Too much movement may have put me in a wheelchair.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A crew from The Air Ambulance Service covering Northamptonshire were called by the attending emergency services and arrived by helicopter within minutes. After treating him for the pain and ensuring Daniel was safe to travel he was loaded onto the helicopter and taken to University Hospital Coventry &amp; Warwickshire (UHCW). 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