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Skateboard hero of 2017 London Bridge attack proposed for holiness | London Bridge attack 2017

Five years after Ignacio Echeverria used his skateboard to on Attackers on London Bridge, Catholic Church in Madrid has joined strength with his family in an attempt to recognize the Spanish “skateboard hero” as a saint.

Echeverria, Spaniard national life in London, was among the eight people killed in 2017 when three terrorists crashed into pedestrians in hired van before attacking passers-by in city ​​market area with 12 inch knives.

In the days after attack39-yearOld was hailed as a hero after it was revealed that he had been mortally wounded during using his skateboard to fend off off attackers and protect others.

Since then, his bravery has been hailed by all of Spain, with skate parks and squares named after him and his final 24 hours captured in musical called Skate Hero.

One year after his death auxiliary bishop of Madrid, Juan Antonio Martinez Camino, suggested tribute who wanted to go one step next: a campaign canonize him by the Catholic Church.

His father, Joaquín Echeverría, liked the idea. “I thought Ignacio was like someone who I was always very excited about life – I would jump for joy in heaven, he said. “Because it was an acknowledgment that his death was an act of generosity.”

A process that could not be considered by the church until five years after it son died, started on June 3rd.

“The Vatican is not allow process begin up to the fifth year after death of a person. So it’s time to know start works,” Echeverría said.

family since then began to collect documents for presentation to the church for case to be considered. “AT general, these processes take a long time,” said Echeverría. “I don’t know if it takes five years or 15 years.”

A difficult process can be made easier by 2017. announcement by Pope Francis that Christians who “voluntarily and voluntarily sacrificed their lives for others survived with this determination death” would be worthy of “special respect and honor.”

Statement came just one a month after the attack said it father. “When I read this, I thought it was made to order.made for Ignacio. But it turned out out that the commission worked on it for seven months.”

He said that his son long ago on his catholic faith to guide him when he made in move from Madrid to London and started to cut out a new life is like financial crimes analyst for HSBC. “His religious life was very important to him,” he said. added. “He relied on religion to overcome their difficulties and failures.”

Together with skate parks that sprouted up to pay tribute the courage of Echeverria and his love for life of skateboarding, he was also posthumously awarded George medal Queen and Grand Cross of Spain of order of Civic merit.

“He had so many tributes, more than what was needed. But I think the tributes serve a wider purpose,” he said. father. “When a child goes to a skate park and sees the name Ignacio, he feels connected to him and to something that was good”.

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