THE tragic death of Dr Michael Mosley, and the devastating impact it must be having on his widow Dr Clare Bailey, has moved the nation. Rosie Gill-Moss, 42, lost her husband Ben in 2018 in similar circumstances after he went for a day trip with mates. Here, the mum -of-three from West Malling, Kent , tells Anna Roberts how she coped and recovered from the trauma.
Reading the news about Dr Michael Mosley this week, my heart ached for him – knowing he bravely walked hours in the blistering heat before dying. But also, I felt for his devoted wife Dr Clare Bailey, because I too know what it’s like for your husband to go missing and never come home. My darling, beautiful, charismatic, funny and adventurous husband Ben Moss was 42 when he disappeared doing what he loved — scuba diving — on March 12, 2018.
His body has never been found. The day he died is etched on my mind forever. “Be safe, darling,” I yelled as he left our home in Faversham, Kent, at 7.
30am. “Love you,” he spoke back. They were the last words we ever said to each other.
Ben was a keen diver — we both were, having learned while on honeymoon in Egypt during 2008 — and it was his first trip of the year. But he was out for a surprisingly long time, which was unlike Ben. Despite this, I wasn’t particularly worried.
I was a busy mum of three so I had spent the day feeding bathing and playing with them. At 7.30pm, I recall hearing a knock at the door and seeing the figures of police officers through.
