'It's heartbreaking'
This Morning viewers moved by ‘brave and amazing’ wife whose husband travelled to Switzerland to die
Sara Tyler fully supported her husband Andrew's right to die following his battle with Parkinson's Disease
THIS Morning viewers fought back tears this morning as Sara Tyler told how her husband Andrew travelled to Switzerland to die following his battle with Parkinson's Disease.
Sara, 72, is determined to fight the law in the UK which currently considers assisted dying illegal - something she describes as barbaric.
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Clearly emotional, after watching her husband's video diaries and remembering his final words to her, Sara impressed viewers with her resolve.
Twitter was flooded with comments including: "This woman is so brave on #ThisMorning, so emotional.
"Aaww bless her, she is so sad, but still has fighting talk in order to help others. #ThisMorning.
"Watching #ThisMorning & bravery of beautiful wife of Andrew, who decided #diewithdignity & had jump thru hoops to ⬇️ anguish of loved ones 😔.
"#ThisMorning this woman is so brave this is honestly heartbreaking 😢.
"This woman on #ThisMorning is absolutely amazing. Brave and amazing. :-(."
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When asked by host Ruth Langsford if she ever felt like she couldn't support her husband, Sara said: "How could I do that to a man who's been so brave. How can I let him down and say don't go?
Maintaining a sense of humour until the very end, Sara shared how Andrew made a joke before the lethal barbiturate was administered.
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"He had said to me 'I've thought of something to say, I'll taste the barbiturate and say what are you trying to do, kill me?'"
But she broke down in tears when recalling his very last words to her.
She explained: "His very very last words to me were, 'you've been my world' and that was quite difficult.
"We knew we were doing the right thing."
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A clip of Andrew speaking in his video diaries was shown in which he explained his reasons for using Dignitas to die.
He said: "It is not noble, heroic or appropriate for me to wait until I'm a drooling, gibbering mess. I have no future that amounts to anything pleasurable or useful."
The 70-year-old died on April 28.
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