Bighearted Graeme Souness has raised nearly £1.5million for skin charity Debra after his English Channel swim - and donations are continuing to flood in a week on from the challenge.The 70-year-old football legend was inspired to take on the endurance test by 14-year-old Scots schoolgirl Isla Grist.
He set out to raise £1.1million for charity, which will be used to help Isla and other children who suffer from epidermolysis bullosa (EB).The painful skin condition, which is known as “butterfly skin”, causes the skin to tear or blister at the slightest touch, leaving sufferers in extreme pain.
Graeme was part of a swim team including Isla's dad Andy, and four others.They set off from Dover on the 21-mile trip to Calais last Saturday night at 10pm and completed the swim in 12 hours and 17 minutes.
And this morning dozens of donations continued to come in to the fundraiser, which has now brought in over £1.47million.Generous fans said they had been moved to tears by the story.
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