A HEREFORD man is set to make history today by becoming part of the first all-amputee team to row an ocean.
Former RAF Flight Sergeant Nigel Rogoff is one of a team of four called Row2Recovery which set off from the Canary Islands just before Christmas and is due to reach Antigua this lunchtime.
The team has tackled the 3,000 mile trip across the Atlantic Ocean is just a rowing boat.
Mr Rogoff, who is 56, lost his leg above the knee while taking part in a Royal Air Force parachuting display at Villa Park in Birmingham in 1998.
He lives in Withington with wife, Sarah, and teenage sons, Oliver and Harry.
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The team has been led by serving Light Dragoon Lance Corporal Cayle Royce and also included serving Royal Marine Colour Sergeant Lee Spencer and former Irish Guardsman Paddy Gallagher.
The money raised by the voyage will go towards raising awareness of life beyond injury for injured service men and women.
Adverse weather has halted part of the challenge, meaning the team was locked in its air-tight cabin for part of last week.
The event is part of the annual Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge which has seen 26 teams from around the world compete.
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