{"id":19951,"date":"2026-02-26T15:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/19951\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:28:08","slug":"family-launches-fundraiser-for-swiss-alps-rescuers-who-tried-to-save-mans-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/19951\/","title":{"rendered":"Family launches fundraiser for Swiss Alps rescuers who tried to save man\u2019s life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family of a \u201cbeloved\u201d Scot who died climbing a Swiss mountain have launched a fundraiser to help the rescue team which tried to save his life.<\/p>\n<p>Andy McGlinn, 50, died on Mount Rigi in central Switzerland on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Alps mountain is known as the Queen of the Mountains and is surrounded by Lake Lucerne, Lake Zug and Lake Lauerz.<\/p>\n<p>Mr McGlinn\u2019s family have since launched a GoFundMe to raise funds for Rega, the Swiss air-rescue service.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on GoFundMe, the family wrote: \u201cOur beloved Andy McGlinn, only 50 years old, passed away suddenly last Sunday while doing what he loved on the Rigi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndy was a kind, generous, and humorous soul \u2014 always there for his friends and family, offering support, laughter, and love in every moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis family, including those traveling from Scotland, are coming together to celebrate his life in Zurich. We are raising funds to support Rega who did everything they could to save him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny contribution, big or small, will help honour Andy\u2019s memory. Thank you for your kindness and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/in-memory-of-andy-mcglinn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) was approached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of a \u201cbeloved\u201d Scot who died climbing a Swiss mountain have launched a fundraiser to help&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[50,13049,13050,9698,13051,13052,13053,17,13054,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-19951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alps","8":"tag-alps","9":"tag-andy-mcglinn","10":"tag-commonwealth-and-development-office","11":"tag-lake-lucerne","12":"tag-mount-rigi","13":"tag-mountain-climbing","14":"tag-rega","15":"tag-switzerland","16":"tag-uk-foreign","17":"tag-zurich"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}