'He was married and had a one-year-old daughter with another baby on the way'
A Northern Ireland woman who lost her brother to Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome is in a mission to help others in his memory.
Now, Amy has raised enough money to get 100 pupils screened for the invisible disease during Heart Month, in the hope of saving lives.READ MORE: Family on dangers of heart disease after tragic loss of young sister and mum"He was 38 when he died, he was married and had a one-year-old daughter with another baby on the way. That type of loss is almost unimaginable.
Amy, who is on the board of governors at her brother’s former school, Belfast High, said she wanted something positive to come out of the family's "unimaginably sad loss". Her husband, Tom, and friend Catherine took on the Mourne 7/7s, and raised over £9k.Following Nicky’s death, Amy says she received support from a charity called Cardiac Risk in the Young .
“This is only the beginning and over the next number of years I hope to encourage schools across Northern Ireland to organise screenings for their pupils and help prevent more heartbreak and loss. If we save even one life, Nicky’s death won’t have been in vain.”