For mental health campaigner Jonny Benjamin, running past the spot where he almost took his own life in 2008 was moving almost beyond words.
Mr Benjamin ran alongside Neil Laybourn —the stranger who talked him out of jumping from Waterloo Bridge — the pair finishing in five hours 28 minutes.
The former JFS pupil, who was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, recalled that “nine years ago, things were very different. It was really emotional, and unlike anything else I’ve experienced, to be passing Waterloo Bridge together again. I just kept thinking: ‘Oh my goodness, I can’t believe it.’
“The journey we’ve been on since that day has been extraordinary.”
