"The police told me it was a sudden death - the worst knock on the door that any parent dreads."
Sue Carter's son Ryan died in 2019 from sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS), external, a condition which claims the lives of about 500 people in the UK every year.
The 25-year-old, from Totton, Hampshire, was a "very bright, fit and healthy young man" but, when his girlfriend found him unresponsive one afternoon, "nothing could bring him back" despite medical help, said his mum.
Ms Carter has raised £25,000 so far to fund heart screening days for young people in the area and Sunday's Totton Running Club annual fundraiser for cardiac risk in the young will also remember her son.
Source: BBC News, 21 December 2025
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