When a loved one is passing away, they will oftentimes leave a list of a few things they’d like their loved ones to complete for them. Before passing away in 2022, a British man joked to his kids that his wish was for them to throw his prosthetic leg into the sea in the hopes it would float to Ibiza, Spain.
British sailor Michael Harris died in December 2022 and his children Natalie Denning, 41, Ricci Harris, 35, and Daniel Harris, 43, decided to fulfill their father’s dying wish by tossing the prosthetic leg off from Michael’s hometown of Lydney, England, on January 19.
“Daniel had taken dad for radiotherapy, and as they were driving home, he said he’d always wanted to go traveling again, and so, rather comically, asked if we could send his leg ’round the world,” Natalie said. “We nearly didn’t do it, but we thought, ‘This is going to be funny.’ It’s kept him alive for us as well.”
Michael wore the prosthetic leg for five years after developing a circulation problem. Unfortunately, it didn’t make it to its intended destination. A marine biologist reportedly stumbled upon it 30 miles away, in Weston-super-Mare, a seaside town located in England.
“I didn’t think we’d hear anything about it so soon but when my brother messaged saying it had been found, I was shocked,” Natalie said. The family had attached a note to the leg before tossing it into the sea.
Michael’s children have been getting a real kick out of this journey, regardless of how long it lasts. “If someone wants to get it out of Weston on a direct boat to Ibiza, that’d be amazing!” Natalie said. “We’ve also said wherever it ends up we’ll definitely go out to visit as that’ll be hilarious.”
Source: https://nypost.com/2023/02/14/i-honored-my-dads-dying-wish-i-threw-his-prosthetic-leg-in-the-sea/