I was left clinically dead after a heart attack in Menorca hotel swimming pool… until hero Brit firefighter and his son saved my life with six minutes of CPR

By Miriam Kuepper

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A holidaymaker said she was clinically dead after a heart attack in the swimming pool of a hotel in Menorca until a heroic British firefighter and his son saved her life with six minutes of CPR.?

Debbie Taylor's lifeless 団体／死体 was spotted by the 味方する of the pool by quick-thinking Freddie Newton, 11, who 警報d his father Matt, an off-義務 firefighter.?

Matt, 42, leapt into 活動／戦闘 and 成し遂げるd CPR for six minutes on Debbie, 56, - who was considered clinically dead at this point - until a defibrillator was 設立する to 再開する her heart.

After making a 十分な 回復, mother-of-four Debbie said of Matt and Freddie: 'It's a 奇蹟. If they hadn't done what they did in the seconds they did it, I probably wouldn't be here.

'If Freddie hadn't gone and seen his dad and said, "The lady is not moving" and he hadn't come over and saved me, it could have been a 完全に different story.

Debbie Taylor embracing Matt Newton after being let out of hospital in Menorca

Debbie Taylor embracing Matt Newton after 存在 let out of hospital in Menorca

Debbie Taylor's lifeless body was spotted by the side of the pool by quick-thinking Freddie Newton, 11, who alerted his father Matt, an off-duty firefighter (pictured: Matt and Freddie)

Debbie Taylor's lifeless 団体／死体 was spotted by the 味方する of the pool by quick-thinking Freddie Newton, 11, who 警報d his father Matt, an off-義務 firefighter (pictured: Matt and Freddie)

Just moments before going into cardiac arrest, Debbie had been leaning against the edge of the pool so her husband Dave could take some photos

Just moments before going into cardiac 逮捕（する）, Debbie had been leaning against the 辛勝する／優位 of the pool so her husband Dave could take some photos?

'I could have had brain 問題／発行するs, but I've got nothing at all. Everything that Matt did was 完全に 100 per cent 位置／汚点／見つけ出す on. What he did saved my life 完全に. I can never thank them enough for what they did, ever.'

Debbie, from Northall, Buckinghamshire, went into cardiac 逮捕（する） while taking a 下落する at the four-星／主役にする 全世界のs Mediterrani Hotel in the west of the islands as she holidayed with husband Dave, 52, in May.

Just moments earlier, the NHS 行政官／管理者 had been leaning against the 辛勝する／優位 of the pool so Dave could take some photos.

But he suddenly 設立する himself having to pull her from the pool.

Debbie said: 'I remember a light switch in my 長，率いる just sort of clicked, and then all I can remember is just 存在 disoriented.

'I was trying to upright myself, which was a bit weir d, and I could just see the white tiles of the pool. My husband and another man managed to get me out of the pool, but I was like a dead 負わせる.'

A touching photo 逮捕（する）d the moment Debbie embraced Matt with a 抱擁する when she returned to the 訴える手段／行楽地 after five days in hospital.

Speaking about their emotional 再会, father-of-two Matt said: 'It was brilliant. You go from seeing her dead, then she left the hotel with the paramedics - and when she （機の）カム 支援する walking through the doors, it was unbelievable.

'It makes all your training and everything 価値（がある） it.'

Matt, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, had just checked in the hotel with wife Katie, 39, Freddie and their other son George, 14, when the 演劇 広げるd.

Freddie spotted Debbie's 団体／死体 の近くに to the poolside and すぐに grabbed his father to take him over to 配達する his life-saving support.

Matt said: 'We are so proud of him. We had only just arrived at the hotel when it happened - we'd dropped our スーツケースs in the room and 長，率いるd to the pool and had been there about half an hour.

Matt Newton with Dave Taylor having a drink on the night after Matt and his son Freddie saved Dave's wife Debbie

Ma tt Newton with Dave Taylor having a drink on the night after Matt and his son Freddie saved Dave's wife Debbie

Back in the UK, Debbie was told by her GP to visit A&E for a further analysis, where doctors discovered that a blood clot on her lung had likely caused her condition (pictured: Debbie and her husband Dave)

支援する in the UK, Debbie was told by her GP to visit A&E for a その上の 分析, where doctors discovered that a 血 clot on her 肺 had likely 原因（となる）d her 条件 (pictured: Debbie and her husband Dave)

'Freddie and George went off to play when Freddie （機の）カム 支援する 説 there was a lady in the pool not moving.

'There was a little island in the pool with palm trees on it where we were so we would never have seen it if it wasn't for Freddie noticing and grabbing me.

'When I saw her, she was half in the pool and half out of the pool. I just ran over.'

Debbie spent four days in 集中的な care and a その上の day 回復するing before 解放（する）d from hospital.

支援する in the UK, Debbie was told by her GP to visit A&E for a その上の 分析, where doctors discover ed that a 血 clot on her 肺 had likely 原因（となる）d her 条件.

She said: '明白に, the 血 clot could have happened on the flight, and that's what 原因（となる）d the cardiac 逮捕（する）.'

Debbie is now on 医薬 and going for 正規の／正選手 血 実験（する）s.

Freddie will now have a special 議会 at his school, Brookfield Junior 学院, to recognise his 'alertness and quick-thinking.'

主要な／長／主犯 Daisy Dunning said: 'Everyone at Brookfield Junior 学院 is immensely proud of Freddie.

'We cover all elements of keeping ourselves and others 安全な in ou r PHSE (personal, social, health and 経済的な) curriculum so it's fantastic to see Freddie putting his learning into 活動／戦闘.

'This 出来事/事件 has reminded our whole school and その上の community of how important it is to look out for each other and the value of remaining 警報 at all times and speaking out.'

Gary Devonport, 駅／配置する 経営者／支配人 at Adwick 解雇する／砲火／射撃 駅／配置する, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, where Matt 作品, 追加するd that he was impressed by the father and son's 活動／戦闘s.

He said: 'I would like to commend Matt and his son Freddie for their quick thinking and, 最終的に, life-changing 活動／戦闘 they took to save this woman's life.

'Matt is a credit to his watch, his 駅／配置する and South Yorkshire 解雇する／砲火／射撃 and 救助（する）.'