The brothers of a man lost beneath the rubble of the World Trade Centre in New York plan to buy a racehorse in his memory.

Matt Campbell, from Hassocks, is still trying to come to terms with the loss of brother Geoff, who was on the 106th floor of the North Tower when terrorists struck on September 11.

Now Matt, 32, and younger brother Rob have come up with an idea for a perfect tribute - and they are sure Geoff would approve.

They have invited their family plus Geoff's hundreds of friends to buy a part-share in a racehorse. Every time the horse runs they will gather at the meeting and remember him.

They are thinking of naming the animal Geoffster because that was what they called their brother.

Matt said: "It's a good way of keeping the memory of Geoff and the good times he had with his friends.

"He used to like a flutter - all the Campbell brothers were avid gamblers. He used to go to the races when he came back to England and I think we might have visited Brighton racecourse together a couple of times.

"We had always dreamed of owning a racehorse. We've been bouncing the idea around for a couple of years. The only thing that had prevented us from doing it was the fact Geoff was in America.

"The idea is to have things sorted out by the end of the year and to effectively go racing early in the New Year."

Geoff, 31, had lived in New York for two years and was engaged to Caroline, an American.

The risk analyst with international news agency Reuters used to visit home three or four times a year.

When disaster struck in the USA, Matt was on a beach in Lanzarote. He flew to New York with his family as soon as they could get a flight.

They visited Ground Zero and attended a memorial service, where they met Tony Blair and Bill Clinton.

The family, based in Northampton, fly to America again this week although Matt will stay behind to care for his children.

He said: "This weekend there is a huge race meeting at Belmont Park in New York and Geoff would have been there.

"Reuters are having a service for the six staff they lost on Thursday and Rob, my mum and dad and Caroline are talking about going to Belmont just because that's what they would have done."

Children in America will receive pictures painted at a peace day organised by two Sussex mothers.

Pam Haynes and Kate Worsfold collected paintings by children at Saturday's event at Hollingdean Community Centre, Brighton, and will send them to a school in New York.