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Monday, February 1st, 2010

Gordon Brown pitches in as hero takes a fall outside No 10

by wendy

01.02.10

Gordon Brown came to the rescue of a solder who lost his legs in Afghanistan when he tripped on the doorstep outside10 Downing Street.

Gordon Brown helps Derek Derenalagi to his feet

...and soon he is back up again in the company of the Prime Minister and former England Rugby Captain, Lawrence Dallaglio

Derek Derenalagi, 34, from Watford, a private in the 2nd Mercians, was at Downing Street with former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio to promote the Help for Heroes charity.

The Fijian lost both legs in 2007 when an improvised explosive device went off under the Land Rover in which he and his colleagues were travelling.

The former rugby player has just completed his first season as a paralympic athlete. He has joined the Ministry of Defence’s Battle Back scheme and hopes to compete at the London 2012 Paralympics.

He was treated at Headley Court, the medical rehabilitation centre.

(Thanks to Steve McNeice for sending this article)

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