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A courier in Europe trying to get to the UK with bone marrow for an urgent transplant was trapped as a result of the fallout from the Icelandic volcano travel chaos. However, thanks to Twitter, he’s now on his way back to England.
The courier – Michael – was in Germany to pick up the bone marrow for the Anthony Nolan Trust, but was stranded in Brussels on the way back to the UK, and the stem cells he was carrying can degrade in 72 hours.
After hearing of his plight the Anthony Nolan Trust sent out the following tweet: “URGENT! Our courier stuck in Brussels carrying marrow. Needs 2 get on Eurostar/tunnel from 8pm UK time 2nyt. Can u help?”
In less than an hour and after thousands of re-tweets, they posted “A HUGE thank you to Eurostar who have seen all of our tweets and have guaranteed us that our courier has a seat on the train tonight. Yay!!”
The Trust is continuing updates of Michael the courier’s progress and you can follow them on @anthonynolan.
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