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'He's left a big hole': travel agent thanks colleagues for their 'mindful' support after losing son

Interview
Dea Jusufi
10 December 2025

Prestbury Travel agent Dawn Letham lost her son Mark in September. Here, she tells TTG how – with her agency's help – she is trying to bring comfort to other families in crisis.

Prestbury Travel agent Dawn Letham with her son, Mark
(Credit: Dawn Letham)

(Credit: Dawn Letham)

An agent has launched a fundraising campaign to support the hospital which cared for her son in his final days.

On 28 August, Prestbury Travel agent Dawn Letham's son Mark suffered two cardiac arrests brought on by a seizure.

Despite the best efforts of the paramedics, who twice managed to revive him, he was taken to Tameside Hospital Critical Care Unit (CCU) in Ashton-under-Lyne where he was placed on a ventilator due to the length of time he went without oxygen.