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Atlantic row servicemen raise £1m

A group of injured British servicemen who rowed across the Atlantic are celebrating reaching their £1 million fundraising target, as well as the launch of a book documenting their own journeys to recovery.

HEROIC: (left to right) Alex Mackenzie, Rory Mackenzie, Neil Heritage, Will Dixon, Carl Anstey and Ed Janvrin reached Barbados in January.
HEROIC: (left to right) Alex Mackenzie, Rory Mackenzie, Neil Heritage, Will Dixon, Carl Anstey and Ed Janvrin reached Barbados in January.

The six-man team, co-led by Alex Mackenzie, 33, from Troon, spent 51 days at sea in a bid to raise £1m for wounded soldiers. Four of the team lost limbs during service in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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