‘I thought Con should have been home’

JANUARY 15, 1995, is a date indelibly etched into Frank Cormican’s memory.

It is the day his strong, healthy son Con died at the age of 21.

A passionate mountain climber, who dreamed of scaling the Alps and conquering Everest, Con drowned while on a caving trip to Northern Ireland.

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