‘Our daughters will be with us’, say dads of Southport victims running London Marathon

Two dads whose daughters were killed at a dance class in Southport last year have told the BBC how their children will be with them in spirit as they run the London Marathon.
David Stancombe and Sergio Aguiar are raising money for projects established in their daughters’ memory. Alice Aguiar, 9, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Bebe King, 6, died last July while they attended a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop.
Mr Aguiar tells BBC Breakfast he talks to Alice when he’s running alone. “I tell her to keep going with me, that we’re going to do this together, you’re going to be with me – always.”
Mr Stancombe says his daughter would be very proud of his efforts. The pair had watched coverage of the marathon on TV last year and she told him he should run the race in honour of her grandmother.
“A little bit of me was like, ‘oh yeah, alright Els,'” says Mr Stancombe. “I just never thought I would be running it for these reasons.”

Source: BBC | Language: English