Stab victim's family raise awareness of knife crime
Colin McGinty was murdered in March 2001.
His family share their experiences to prevent others having to go though a tragedy like theirs.
Colin was on his way home from a night out with friends when he was stabbed in a frenzied knife attack that Merseyside Police confirmed as a terrible case of mistaken identity.
His parents Ged and Pete McGinty raced to the hospital and witnessed Colin's final hours and fight for survival.
Despite emergency surgery on 15 separate stab wounds, doctors could not save him and Colin tragically died at the young age of 21.
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August 15, 2019 would've been Colin's 40th birthday.
Colin's sister Laura Hughes and brothers Robert, Michael and David McGinty wanted to honour Colin's birthday by challenging each other to complete a half marathon.
What started out as a team of the four siblings with no prior running experience has snowballed to a thriving community of over 200 people who proudly wear Colin's picture and team t-shirts at running and sporting events across the UK and the globe!
For every fatal stabbing that occurs across the country, there is a fellow family like Colin's who continue to feel the long term traumatic effects of losing a loved one in such a senseless and needless way.
Colin's family have been featured in a number of videos in a bid to stop others going through the nightmare they had to endure:
Every Mother's Worst Nightmare - Ged McGinty's Story
Knife Crime - The Modern Day Epidemic? Interview with Peter McGinty
18 Years Since Colin Was Murdered - Interview with Laura Hughes
Rock n Roll Half Marathon Race Day - May 2019
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