David Barden had been taking part in a charity bike ride, 1600 miles from Agadir to Santander, when he died in the Moroccan earthquake. The 71-year-old, from Oxton, had been in the Tizi N’test mountain region when the 6.8 magnitude tremor hit, causing his hotel to collapse.
Sarah frantically called all the hotels in the area, asking for news about her dad but received help from Hamza Boumazough, the owner of Hotel La Belle Vue, where David was supposed to stay. Sarah said: "Without Hamza, who managed to clear the paths with authorities, we would not have found him. Hamza lost everything, his home and business and walked around eight kilometres to dig my dad from the rubble.
"He has friends all over the world from Los Angeles to Beijing and Sydney because he was loyal to his core. We are all beyond devastated, shocked and in disbelief. I don't know what to do without him, we spoke every single day."