A bereaved father who helped bring home the bodies of almost 2,500 people who died abroad is aiming to "copper-fasten" the future of the charity set up in his son's name. Colin Bell and his wife Eithne founded the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust following the death of their son Kevin in a suspected hit-and-run in New York in 2013. As he approaches his 73rd birthday, Colin Bell said they have hired staff to take over daily repatriation duties, but he will be still be "very much still involved" in the trust. He explained that he and his wife were not stepping down, but they plan to take a "step back" from the 24-hour demands of their voluntary roles. For the past 13 years, the couple have channelled their grief into helping people across the island of Ireland to bring loved ones home for family funerals. In an interview with the Irish News, Colin Bell said they were moving away from the the day-to-day running of charity but would stay on as trustees. "It's a privilege to be able to help families at the worst of times," he told BBC News NI. "But... we haven't been able to have holidays as such because I was always on the end of a phone. "And the phone could have rung at three o'clock in
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A bereaved father who helped bring home the bodies of almost 2,500 people who died abroad is aiming to "copper-fasten" the future of the charity set up in his son's name. Colin Bell and his wife Eithne founded the Kevin Bell Repatriation…
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A bereaved father who helped bring home the bodies of almost 2,500 people who died abroad is aiming to "copper-fasten" the future of the charity set up in his son's name. Colin Bell and his wife Eithne founded the Kevin…
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