Dusseldorf - It was her first public appearance after the sudden death of her son Tim (15) in February. Well Kirsten Kuhnert came from Florida to Dusseldorf, to take a prize, contrary to the Tim deserves. "It is a recognition of Timmy's legacy," she said with tears in his eyes.
His accident in 1994 was the catalyst for the creation of "Dolphin Aid. On Friday, the association of the initiative "Germany - Land of Ideas" with the "Germany was Oscar" awards, the patron is Federal President Horst Köhler. The prize was presented at the Deutsche Bank at the Kings by banker Nicolas von Loeper.
Kirsten Kuhnert side very close to their friends that are also Dolphin Aid ambassadors: the actor Götz Otto, Bernd Herzsprung and Ralf Möller, Barbara Becker (totally in love with her friend Arne Quinze, "He is wonderful, we had just had his native Belgium "), musician Irena Mobius, racing legend Hans-Joachim" braid "Stuck, presenter Juliane Hielscher, weightlifting Olympic champion, and ex-Milser Rolf Schumacher manager Willy Weber and Dolphin Aid CEO Kay Evers.
It was he who took the acceptance speech, because the grieving Kirsten Kuhnert was unable to. EXPRESS she explained: "My 14-year-old daughter Kira is my drive. She has said that we have to continue the damned duty. "From her home in Florida, the two are dragged onto a neighbor's property. In the old, there were too many memories of Timmy ...
On 15 November is the next Dolphin-Aid-Gala at the Hotel Intercontinental.