Hunger Striker says farewell to kids as he starts 14th day without food
Hunger striker Gordon McNeill has said a final goodbye to his two young children – and fears he will never see them again.
Gordon, today on his 14th day without food, is in constant pain because to (of?) hunger and knows he cannot hold out much.
When the 38-years-old walks he shuffles along like a man twice his age and doctors have told him he is unlikely to hold out for another week without food.
And he has just paid a final visit to see his son Calum, 10 and six-year-old daughter Lucy to tell them he loves them and he may never see them again.
He said yesterday: “I have had to say goodbye to the children I adore and that was the hardest thing I have ever done. My daughter is too young to understand but my son knows he may never see me again.”
Gordon, from Ballymena, Co Antrim, now suffers regular dizzy spells and has gone past the point of hunger. He added: “I don’t even miss food any more. I am prepared to die if I don’t get justice.”
Gordon is a former union shop steward who was sacked as a security worker at Belfast International Airport after a bitter industrial dispute in 2002.
He is supported by Madan Gupta, 72, and Chris Bowyer, 49, who were also sacked.
The three have been camping on a tent on a first storey roof above the entrance to Transport House in Belfast City Centre to highlight their campaign.
Behind-the-scenes negotiations between his legal teams and lawyers for union Unite have been taking place but Gordon says he has been let down so many times before that his fast will continue.
Tags: Gordon McNeill, Hunger, striker, union, Unite
