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BBC Breakfast Airs Reunion of Portsmouth Fan With St John Ambulance Volunteer Who Saved Him

The on-air meeting spotlighted the life-saving power of immediate CPR delivered by trained volunteers.

Overview

  • Friday's programme reunited Portsmouth supporter Bob Dewane with Sarah, the St John Ambulance volunteer who revived him after a cardiac arrest near Fratton train station.
  • Sarah arrived by train from Guildford in uniform at the moment of his collapse and performed CPR, restoring his heartbeat before paramedics took over.
  • Dewane had been unresponsive for about ten minutes and later spent weeks in hospital, undergoing a triple bypass before recovering.
  • His family had been unable to identify the volunteer until the broadcast, which captured their first meeting and an embrace on air.
  • Sarah said volunteers seldom hear outcomes after patients go to hospital, as host Charlie Stayt paused, visibly moved by the exchange.