A Burnley father of four is running this year’s London Marathon to raise funds for a charity that saved his son’s life after a devastating road accident.

Tony Hudson will join the London Air Ambulance team for the event on Sunday, April 26.

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And Tony (63) has a very special reason for supporting the charity. Volunteers from the air ambulance were immediately on the scene when Tony’s son, Jordan, was involved in a road accident while cycling to work in London in 2020.

Tony Hudson with his wife Sonia and Jordan, one of their four sons. Tony is running in the London Marathon for the London Air Ambulance charity that helped to save Jordan's life after he was involved in a road accident while cycling to work in the capital in 2020.

Tony, who has three grandchildren and owns his own home improvement business, said: “We as a family, can’t ever thank the air ambulance team enough for their life saving efforts that saved Jordan that day.

“We were four minutes away from losing him that morning and the outcome could have been so different if it wasn't for the London's Air Ambulance team.. Jordan was knocked off his bike and thrown 100 yards down the road. He suffered catastrophic injuries and was immediately put into an induced coma.”

It would be a month before Jordan woke up, but he had no memory of the accident. He was alive, but faced a long road back to recovery.

When the pandemic hit Jordan was discharged from hospital months earlier than anticipated to continue his rehabilitation back in his hometown with his parents, Tony and Sonia, as his carers. Sonia was given time off work from her role as a teaching assistant at Ightenhill Primary School in Burnley to care for her son.

Tony has been cycling and running as part of his training for this year's London Marathon

As he began to recover Jordan, who attended Ightenhill Primary School and Shuttleworth College, was determined to raise awareness of the life saving work of the air ambulance. And he has raised thousands for the charity through a series of fund raising bike rides, including his first one in 2022 when he cycled 193 miles covering the length of Wales. And in 2024 Jordan took part in Ride London with Tony and his brothers, Joe, James, and Jamie, completing 100 miles in one day.

Photographer Jordan made a documentary charting his recovery. ‘Four Beats- Jordan’s Story,’ went on to win a gold award at Smiley CFA Charity Film Awards. To donate to Tony’s efforts please click HERE.