A grandfather-of-five has told how he collapsed with a heart attack and almost died on a shopping aisle in Aldi. Father-of-three Joe Peden, 61, has shared his story to thank the store manager and an off-duty A&E consultant for saving his life - together with customers and passers-by who raised the alarm and rushed to get a defibrillator.
Joe said the store manager, who he knows only as Jason, performed CPR on him for eight long minutes on the aisle floor by his trolley.
The A&E consultant from Wythenshawe, who Joe said was in the store shopping at the time, then took over for a further four minutes before he was shocked three times with the defibrillator. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Speaking from hospital as he prepared to be discharged home, Joe, from Sale, Trafford, told the Manchester Evening News: "These people saved my life.
Total strangers stepped forward and saved my life. I was exceptionally lucky. "They stuck at it and did not give up on me. I was dead for 12 minutes, by all intents and purposes." The M.E.N.
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