David Shaw is getting set to abseil down the side of the City Hospital's tower block to raise money for Friends of the Cancer Centre. The east Antrim man is one of the brave people taking on Friends of the Cancer Centre’s Take on the Tower Superhero Abseil, which will see supporters from across Northern Ireland abseil 190ft down Belfast City Hospital’s famous yellow tower block on Saturday, September 7. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
David is calling on others to join them in the challenge to help raise vital funds for a cause close to their heart. David said: “I signed up to participate in Friends of the Cancer Centre’s Take on the Tower Superhero Abseil after coming across it on social media. "I instantly had a gut instinct to sign myself up, even though I am terrified of heights.
I felt compelled to do something, to give individuals living with cancer and their families hope throughout their journey. "Having experienced it myself, I know first-hand how much of a nervous and stressful a time it is. Advertisement Advertisement “In the last eight years I have had four family members undergo treatment for various forms of cancer.
Watching them undergo treatment and the impact it had on them, and my family circle, is an experience that will never leave me. "My father and one of my grandmothers are fortunately still with us to tell the tale,.