'I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for you. I owe you my life'

MAN THANKS RNLI VOLUNTEERS AFTER THEY SPRANG INTO ACTION

- By DAVID POWELL Daily Post Reporter

A MAN has been reunited with the RNLI volunteers who saved his life after he suffered a cardiac arrest.

Holyhead RNLI's lifeboat coxswain and mechanic were called into action after Jonathan Whalley collapsed in the town.

After recovering in hospital, Mr Whalley returned to Holyhead to thank the pair, saying he “wouldn't be here today” if it wasn’t for their swift action.

Lifeboat coxswain Mark Wade and mechanic Jack Lee were at the lifeboat station when Mr Whalley suffered a cardiac arrest nearby on August 28.

Mr Whalley had been manoeuvring his boat ready to go for a last sail of the season, along with a relative, when he collapsed suddenly and was unresponsive.

His companion immediately started CPR and shouted for help.

A member of the public ran into the RNLI shop where a volunteer member of staff shouted for Mark and Jack.

They rushed to the man’s aid, first with oxygen, and then, on realising he had suffered a cardiac event, the defibrillator that is held on the wall of the lifeboat station shop.