Teenage boys help save life of visitor from Sheffield, after emergency incident at Royal Armouries in Leeds
Emergency services rushed to a popular Yorkshire tourist attraction, after an emergency incident involving a man from Sheffield.
And now, Andy Greene, who was on a day trip from Sheffield to the Royal Armouries Museum, in Leeds, has told how two fast moving young teenage visitors and museum staff helped save his life with their quick actions that aftenoon after he suffered a heart attack at the venue.
Andy had made the trip to the museum, which is filled with historic weapons and armour, with partner Jennifer Dunstan, from her home in Arbourthorne on Friday, April 11.
They had got the train to Leeds, and had already spent three hours in the museum, when Andy, aged 50, was taken ill in one of the galleries, on the third floor, at just after 4pm.
His partner,Jennifer, 44, said there was no member of staff around at the time - so she called to two boys she described as aged around 14, while she was dialling 999.
She said: “I just shouted ‘please help - we’ve got a medical emergency’.
They ran as fast as they could to get help, and came back with two staff members.
“We don’t know what their names were, but the boys came back with two people, called Jessica, who assessed Andy, and one called Holly, who was also very, very helpful.
“You can’t get vehicles to the museum site, so the manager radioed to get barriers outside lowered so an ambulance could get through, and got staff on the doors to make sure the paramedics could get straight to us. Then they sorted privacy screens to give us some dignity.”
Andy, who usually lives in London, was rushed to Leeds General Infirmary, and then sent to the Northern General Hospital, in Sheffield, where he underwent surgery.
He is now recovering in Sheffield, where he says he is on the mend, and said he wanted to express his absolute appreciation to everyone who had helped him.
He said: “Without a shadow of a doubt, the two boys who helped, and we don’t know who they were to thank them personally, they helped save my life. So did those museum staff, and the ambulance crew and the doctors and nurses.
“I just want to thank them for what they did.”
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