Josh and Laura are parents to an adorable eight-year-old Zach Holland. Zach was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at the age of just five, meaning that he can't walk very far and must be pushed in a manual wheelchair by his parents or carried. Due to the coronavirus pandemic backlog, Zach wouldn't have been eligible for a motorized wheelchair until completely bedbound, so the couple decided to raise the money themselves. This when Josh decided to tackle his biggest fear and for the sake of his son's life the man decided to raise money by going for skydiving.
This man from Daventry, Northamptonshire who is so scared of heights he can't even stand on a tall chair without getting dizzy has completed a skydive to raise money for his terminally ill step-son.
Josh Collins overcame his biggest fear on 29 September so that he could raise money to buy an all-terrain wheelchair worth $17,500) for his stepson Zach Holland which he claims will be life-saving for his child.
The whole plan, however, was not without its setbacks. Josh and his pal Dan Perks had their dives canceled twice because of essential aircraft maintenance and high winds.
However, when the time came for the diving to happen, Josh did not bravely threw himself out of the plane at 10,000 feet in the air, traveling to the ground at 125 miles per hour.
Josh's partner Laura Holland and Zach watched him from the ground and high up in the air, Josh even managed to make a Z with his hands even though it was not at all easy for him.
After he landed, Josh said: "I wasn't really nervous going up because the guy kept talking to me the whole time.
"It was when other people started jumping out of the plane that it freaked me out. I was the last one out of the plane so I watched everyone go first."
"Initially it was terrifying. Then you don't feel like you're falling, you feel like you're floating.
"Then the guy behind me was waving in front of my face and I managed to do the Zach 'Z' symbol with my hands. That was all I could muster until he pulled the parachute.
"Every time I moved my hands it felt like I was moving, it was over really quickly.
"When we landed, the guy unstrapped me and said I could go.
"Zach was waiting at the bottom for me, he gave me a cuddle and said he was proud.
"It was quite emotional to be honest, Laura was crying. I was happy that it was done."
Their son was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at the age of just five, meaning that he can't walk very far and must be pushed in a manual wheelchair by his parents or carried.
However, Laura had a second child, and can't push both at once.
Unfortunately due to the pandemic backlog, Zach wouldn't have been eligible for a motorised wheelchair until completely bedbound, so the desperate parents decided to raise the money themselves.
This is the reason why Josh decided to overcome his greatest fear.
He explained: "I've always been scared of heights. We were strapped to someone so they're the ones doing everything. I was more going to treat it as a kidnapping, to be honest.
"My fear of heights kicks in at about six feet. If there was a thick plank of wood on the floor, I could walk across it, but if you suspend it in the air I would probably fall off it.
"My head can't perceive the depth of that distance. My head will focus on what's down rather than what I'm stood on, and I will just fall over.
"I was scared of the skydive, but at the end of the day it was just going to be a bad time for 20 minutes or so and now we're going to get Zach the chair he wants."
You can donate to the fundraising effort here.