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Gateshead dad's epic Hadrian's Wall run in honour of baby son who died at six weeks

Gateshead dad Andy Sanderson completed the 68 mile Hadrian's Wall run in just 14 hours to honour the memory of his son Zachary who died aged just six weeks old.

Andy was joined for the last few miles of the Carlisle to Newcastle run by his partner Caroline William after their beloved child passed away in 2015. Since then the couple have taken part in a series of events, raising nearly £50,000 for the Tiny Lives Trust which supports seriously ill babies and their families at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.

Zachary spent weeks there after he was diagnosed shortly after birth with the extremely rare condition Moebius Syndrome, a life long form of facial paralysis, as well as Central Sleep Apnoeas, where the brain occasionally stops telling the body to breathe.

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