The tragic swimmer who died while crossing the English Channel vomited and collapsed moments after 'hitting the wall', her tearful swimming coach said today. Susan Taylor, 34, stopped breathing just a mile from the French coast while attempting to fulfil her childhood dream of swimming to France. The fitness fanatic set off on the 21-mile swim in the early hours of Sunday (14/7) morning at around 1am. But disaster struck when she became ill on her way into Wissant Bay, near Cap Gris Nez, and had to be dragged aboard a support boat shadowing her. Last night, as her charity fund for terminally-ill children topped the £60,000 mark in her memory, coach Paul Ferrier gave the first eyewitness account of what happened.
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