Cyclist thanks defib heroes who saved life

A CYCLIST who survived a heart attack thanks to friends and passers-by using a defibrillator has met two of the people who helped saved his life.

- BY NICK FORBES

The reunion came as the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Scotland revealed there are now more than 10,000 public defibrillators registered in Scotland.

Jamie Martin, below, had been cycling with three friends in East Lothian, when his heart stopped.

The father-of-two said he has very little memory of the incident which happened in the village of Gifford in 2024.

Mr Martin recalled: “We set off at 9.29am and I was dead by 11am.