When Pedro Santos takes on Trek 24 Cambridgeshire, he will be walking for the people who helped save his life.

Pedro is a former patient of East Anglian Air Ambulance and is now preparing for the charity’s Trek 24 challenge as a way of giving something back.

It is a simple story, but a powerful one.

Most people only encounter the air ambulance at the worst possible moment: an accident, a medical emergency, a specialist crew arriving when every minute matters.

For Pedro, that emergency became personal.

Now he is turning his recovery into a fundraising challenge for the service that helped him.

The event is part of Trek 24 Cambridgeshire, with money raised supporting East Anglian Air Ambulance and its work across the region.

For local readers, that makes this more than another charity walk.

It is a reminder that behind every helicopter landing, emergency response and fundraising appeal is a real person whose life carried on afterwards.

Pedro’s challenge is one of those stories.

He was helped when he needed it most. Now he is choosing to support the same service so its crews can be there for someone else.

That is the part worth following.

If you want to support Pedro, find out more about Trek 24 or see how to take part yourself, the official East Anglian Air Ambulance page has the latest details.

Have you ever supported East Anglian Air Ambulance, taken part in Trek 24 or got your own story about the service? Let us know.