'For 14 minutes I was clinically dead' – Telford father-of-three thanks group who saved his life with CPR
A keen runner who suffered a cardiac arrest is urging people to learn CPR after his life was saved by the skills and quick-thinking of those passing by.
Father-of-three Peter Corr collapsed on Wrockwardine Wood Way, Telford, just 10 minutes into his usual morning run.
The actions of a group of people helped to save his life and the 46-year-old, who was clinically dead for 14 minutes, has now been able to thank them.
"I don't recall what happened. I collapsed and I seem to have suffered a heart attack which led to a cardiac arrest," said Peter, from Trench.
"The first thing I remember is coming around and l was laid on my back.
"I remember a real tightness on my chest and gasping for breath."
Peter, who is a parent governor at Wrockwardine Wood Church of England Junior School, says he was able to put the pieces together of what happened by speaking to those involved.
He said: "At the point I collapsed someone was driving past and saw me staggering.
"They thought it was a bit strange because I was in running gear.
"They turned around but by the time they got back to me I was lying on the ground and another runner, a woman called Melissa Oliver, had stopped and started CPR."
