![]() 'It was really nice to see him again and I was really happy to have met him. He is a genuine bloke and I'm so glad we had a chance to meet up.'Ī spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said: 'It's fantastic that Paul has had the opportunity to meet Chris under much better circumstances and that he's recovering so well. ![]() ![]() He said: 'I recognised Chris once I had woken up as he was kneeling over me, I remember saying hello to him. The pensioner, who used to work in Nigeria managing a door and window company, has since met the man who saved his life. He has now been fitted with a pacemaker with automatic defibrillator and was sent home 11 days later. Mr Wells - has had a series of heart attacks in the past - was taken to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford. 'He was wonderful, he talked me all the way through it. Once I realised what was happening I called my sister who lives in Cumbria and she jumped straight in the car.' Paul Wells (right) shakes hands with medical technician Chris Collins, who saved his life after a heart attack I thought I had just had a heart attack.' 'I could hear voices, then I then started to fuse back into reality. 'I was looking at the ceiling and it took a while to work out what the lights were. Mr Wells said: 'I was technically dead so I don't remember much about what happened. I didn't know I had ended up on the floor. His daughter helplessly watched on in horror as Mr Collins worked desperately to get the pensioner's heart started again. Medical technician Chris Collins arrived on the scene but just moments later Mr Wells, 72, went into cardiac arrest. Mrs Cole advised her father to call the 111 NHS helpline as he had undergone heart surgery at Basildon Hospital last year. Corina Cole, 45, was in America chatting to her father Paul Wells, who was back home in England, when he started to feel unwellĪ daughter watched in horror as her father went into cardiac arrest during a Skype call.Ĭorina Cole, 45, was in America chatting to her father Paul Wells, who was back home in England, when he started to feel unwell.
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