Legacy MattersWhen Kenneth Clarke, 59, and his wife flew from England to Florida for a vacation, they visited Discovery Park in Orlando where they swam in a pool made to look like a coral reef, alive with tropical fish.
Kenneth stubbed his toe on one of the rocks implanted with living coral.
What followed was a nightmare.
He was treated in intensive care in the U.S. before being flown back to Britain. Despite further intensive treatment and having both his legs amputated, he died from blood poisoning.
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Doctors in Manchester were forced to amputate his legs below the knee, but he died of multiple organ failure caused by Group B streptococcal septicaemia on August 8, just eight weeks after stubbing his toe.
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Mr Meadows told Mrs Clarke: 'This is an unusual set of circumstances made all the more difficult because it starts with a happy family holiday in a safe environment.
'If ever there someone who could be described as unlucky it would be your husband.'
Father of two dies after stubbing his toe on coral at Florida theme park.