SARAH UNDERHILLRemembering Sarah Underhill, who died aged 37 after giving birth to twins.Sarah was a commended police officer with Thames Valley Police and lived with her husband Richard in Oxfordshire.He led the tributes to his wife after she died on 5 October, 2008,delivering twins James and Hannah.Richard said: "Sarah was a wonderful, generous person who always put other people before herself."She was the sort of person who cheered everyone up."She really wanted to be a mum and she would have been a fantastic mum."She had been researching how to bring our babies up to make sure they got the best start in life. She nearly made it."I want Sarah to be proud in the way I bring up our children - I want to bring them up the way she wanted."When she died it really was like standing at ground zero as if everything had been wiped out around me."It's like having a part of yourself ripped away and knowing it's not going to come back."I cuddle the twins and it makes me feel happy because I really love those children, but when I leave I feel guilty having felt joy in this sad time."Sarah collapsed at almost 40 weeks into her pregnancy after being admitted to John Radcliffe Hospital.She and Richard were married in June 2005 and lived in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.She joined Thames Valley Police in 2003 and won a commendation in 2004 for saving a man in High Wycombe by giving first aid after he had been shot.Sarah was most recently a Neighbourhood Specialist Officer at Marlow, covering the Bourne End and Wooburn Green area."Looking back makes me sad, but looking forward also makes me sad because we had so many plans."We were planning to explore the world with our children."
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