In a unique way to raise money for a noble cause, an Australian Army’s Brigadier is doing over 14,000 push-ups in london to raise 25,000 pounds for treatment of martyr Indian Major’s differently-abled son.
Brigadier William Sowry, 52, who has set a target of 14,600 push-ups in 23 days, had met his friend Major Mohit Whig in 1994 in Wellington where he was deputed to spend one year at India’s prestigious Defence Services Staff College.
Then a young Major of the Australian Army, Sowry developed a high professional regard for his “sponsor” Major Whig. Subsequently, as the year progressed, both families developed close bonds.
Sowry then went back to Australia while Whig was posted to the Kashmir Valley for counter insurgency duties. On 4 June 1997, while on a patrol, Whig along with three other soldiers was killed by a land mine. He left behind his wife Tina and two young children, Zorawar and Fateh.
A couple of years ago, Sowry discovered Whig’s family once again through the social networking site Facebook. It was then that Sowry learnt about Whig’s younger son Fateh, who was barely a year old when his father was killed. Fateh was born with spina bifida, a rare congenital spinal disorder that has left him differently-abled since birth.