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7News NSW· 10d

Sydney dad suffers heart attack at Tottenham Chelsea friendly football game as sons watch on

Key points

  • A Sydney man, Paul Gunning, 62, has reunited with the emergency responders who saved him after he suffered a cardiac arrest on his way to watch a friendly match between Chelsea and Tottenham on August 1. He had felt healthy beforehand and had no warning signs.
  • Senior Constable Ryan Page began CPR shortly after the call came in, and first-aider Captain Roneel Chandra used a defibrillator, delivering a second shock before Gunning began to respond.
  • Paramedics from NSW Ambulance found him conscious and breathing, and he was taken to Concord Hospital, where he made a remarkable recovery.
Sydney dad suffers heart attack at Tottenham Chelsea friendly football game as sons watch on
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