A terminally ill air crash hero given just weeks to live has started selling The Big Issue with his two sons - to help support them when he’s gone. Dave Besley, 67, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia at the end of 2021, with doctors giving him just six months to live.
But he decided to become a Big Issue vendor alongside sons Mark Besley, 32, and Shane Besley, 29, in his final months. Dave, from Bristol, took up the job last month and said it has given him something to fight for.
Dave survived the Basel air disaster in 1973, managing to save seven others from the wreckage and was awarded for his heroism. He hopes the job selling the mag will be an outlet for his sons after he has died and help provide for them.
