Transplant survivor starts 200-mile ride for Great Ormond St

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Matthew Stein and two friends, David Freeman and James Thorpe, all 16, set off from Tower Bridge today on a three-man bicycle.

The boys hope the 200 mile, three-day ride will raise £7,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Two years ago a pneumonia-type virus damaged Matthew's lungs, leaving him in intensive care. He could not walk more than a few metres and lost a third of his body weight. Doctors said his only hope was a transplant. Although there is a severe shortage of child organs for transplant, Matthew's life was saved when a suitable donor was found. He had a seven-hour operation in March last year.

Matthew, of Bournemouth, said: "An overwhelming desire to live, my family's never-ending support and the hope a donor would be found in time, was all that kept me going."

The ride coincides with National Transplant Week and the launch of thetxspace.com, a site for transplant patients.