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Close Calls On Camera S10E11 (18th April 2022)
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00:00A close call. A moment of danger when life can hang in the balance.
00:05It was absolute panic and fear.
00:08A split second where the outcome could go either way.
00:11They'd have been lucky if they'd have stayed conscious.
00:13The difference between disaster and survival.
00:16It's literally, that's all it takes.
00:20These are the people that have been there and lived to tell the tale.
00:24I was terrified. I thought I was going to die.
00:27It's a day they'll never forget. The day they had a close call.
00:47Today on Close Calls.
00:49Medics respond to a 999 call following a horrifying accident at a family home.
00:55Is she awake?
00:57She's barely, barely awake. She's losing a massive amount of blood from her neck.
01:01The caller's wife has tripped on the stairs, falling into and smashing a glass fish tank.
01:07She's cut her neck badly.
01:09When paramedics arrive, they're shocked.
01:12She can see blood on the floor, on the soil fair.
01:16The sort of tea towel she'd used were actually saturated in blood.
01:20Ultimately, he was life-threatening.
01:22The woman's husband is distraught.
01:24That's the person I've spent my whole life with.
01:27She was actually dying in front of me.
01:28And there was nothing I could do.
01:32Also today, a man rekindling his love for walking joins a hiking club with an old pal.
01:38But, up a mountain, on his very first outing...
01:42My foot slipped just sideways, and I went down.
01:45It was instantaneous.
01:47I didn't have a chance to stop myself falling.
01:51A Coast Guard rescue helicopter is called in.
01:53I quickly realised that this was bigger than we could handle.
02:08Blind Avon, Gwent.
02:10A frantic husband calls 999.
02:14His wife is bleeding badly after a freak accident at their home.
02:18He fears for her life.
02:20I need an ambulance straight away.
02:22She's bleeding badly from her neck.
02:24She's got a massive gas in her neck.
02:27She slashed it from ear to chin on a shard of glass.
02:30An ambulance races to their home.
02:33But time is running out.
02:34I don't think so much blood.
02:36I know.
02:37We are coming to you as fast as we can.
02:39I don't want to die.
02:40Listen.
02:41Don't shut your eyes.
02:42Open your eyes.
02:52Professional cleaner Cathy lives with her husband, Paul, a storage manager in Blind Avon, South Wales.
02:58The couple have been together for 45 years, having first met in a chance encounter when they were teenagers.
03:05I was ten pence short for a pint of beer.
03:07Oh, no.
03:08So my wife was stood next to me.
03:10I looked right.
03:11There she was.
03:11I said, excuse me, love, lend me ten pence.
03:13That was it.
03:14I just give this random guy this ten pence.
03:16Well, the next night, he's just come and give it back to me.
03:19And the rest is history.
03:20Not the truth.
03:23It was money well spent.
03:25They married soon after and have been together ever since.
03:29Paul's very kind.
03:30He's very good.
03:31He's always been there for me and my daughter.
03:32We can ring him up wherever we are.
03:34Cathy, she's probably the most liked person I know.
03:37And I'm not satisfying it because she's my wife.
03:39There's nobody that don't like her.
03:41The couple relocated from Dartford in Kent to South Wales and raised their daughter Marie in the area.
03:47And they're very happy they did.
03:49Oh, well, it's beautiful here.
03:51You've got all the country.
03:53You've got the mountains.
03:55You know, you've got walks.
03:56You've got lakes.
03:57My daughter says we've got probably one of the best social lives of anybody that she ever knows because we're out all the time.
04:03Everybody knows each other.
04:05I love it.
04:05It's absolutely brilliant.
04:07I'll never go back.
04:08It's a different way of life here.
04:10Great place to be.
04:11Great place to be.
04:12As well as a lively social life, the couple are kept busy at home.
04:17Cathy is a keen animal lover.
04:19She dotes on dog Casey as well as their two ferrets.
04:22She's even fond of the fish in their garden pond.
04:25She actually loves every animal that walks.
04:29Fur, feather, four legs, two legs.
04:31Loves them all.
04:32Simple as that.
04:33I do love my animals.
04:35But one summer night, a freak accident at home involving their pets leaves Cathy fighting for her life and a distraught Paul battling to save her.
04:44It's a Sunday evening at the end of August.
04:51Cathy and Paul are walking home from their local club after enjoying a drink with friends.
04:57We left here probably 12 o'clock, something like that.
05:00We had a lovely time and it was just a normal night and we just walked home at the end of the night.
05:04When they reach their front door, they're greeted by their dog, Casey, and their daughter's dog, Daisy, who they're looking after for the weekend.
05:12My daughter's dog, she's absolutely gorgeous.
05:14She's wild.
05:15She's as crazy as a box of frogs.
05:17Well, then again, all our dogs are.
05:19Paul goes to the kitchen to get a treat for the dogs and Cathy heads straight for bed.
05:24As I went upstairs, I think Paul went to the fridge.
05:27And I've got little chipmits out of the fridge, little pieces of sausage.
05:31Cathy said, oh, you muck about.
05:32She said, you come up in a minute.
05:34But the dogs, who sleep in the couple's bedroom, follow Cathy and race past her up the stairs.
05:40Then, realising Paul has treats, they whip back around and rush down again.
05:47I was about two or three steps up when they come flying back down.
05:50But that's when they knocked into me.
05:52Cathy loses her balance, staggers backwards down the stairs and crashes into a console table in the hall.
05:59It holds a large glass fish tank.
06:01And all I heard was, donk, donk, donk, donk, and a big bang.
06:10I remember falling backwards and hitting something and a sort of, like, water.
06:16It's coming from the fish tank.
06:18The force of Cathy's fall smashing it into shards.
06:22Paul surveys the scene in shock.
06:23The water was everywhere and it was just red.
06:28It was just red with blood.
06:29And I see her sat on the floor, her legs straight out in front of her.
06:33Then she said, help me, please help me.
06:37Cathy has cut herself badly on the glass.
06:40She's bleeding heavily from a huge gash in her neck.
06:43Paul rushes to her side.
06:45The extent of the room's incredible.
06:47It come from here, all the way up around here to the back of the air.
06:51Couldn't believe what I was seeing.
06:51But Cathy seems oblivious.
06:54Her first instinct is to rescue her fish.
06:57I wasn't experiencing any pain or discomfort or anything.
07:00I knew that the fish was floating about somewhere
07:02and I can remember trying to find the fish.
07:04She didn't realise the extent of the damage.
07:08But Paul does.
07:09He carries her to the sofa and dials 999.
07:13This is that call.
07:15Ambulance, what's the address of the emergency, please?
07:18I need an ambulance straight away.
07:20All right, my wife's still down the stairs.
07:21All right.
07:21He's got fish tanks.
07:22He's bleeding badly from the neck.
07:24Elaine Roberts is the emergency call handler.
07:27I could tell straight away that the caller was very panicky.
07:31Sir, okay, bear with me a second, okay?
07:34Is she awake?
07:35Darling, just get an ambulance.
07:37The call handler, she was so cool, calm and collected.
07:40It was incredible.
07:41So it was important for me to be able to try and calm him down.
07:44Get an ambulance.
07:45Like, sir, this is not delaying any help, sir.
07:47I need to gather the information from you to help our crews help you.
07:51Elaine tries to establish Cathy's condition.
07:55Is she awake?
07:56Barely, barely awake.
07:57She's breathing a massive amount of blood.
07:59Is she breathing?
08:01Yeah, yeah.
08:02The call was coded as the highest priority for us, a red response.
08:06An ambulance races on blue lights towards the couple's home, but until they get there, it's down to Paul to help his wife.
08:14Elaine tells him what to do.
08:16Get a clean, dry cloth or towel.
08:19Tell me when you have it.
08:20With money in at the airing cupboard, I'll put towels in the neck.
08:23With an injury like Cathy's, all we could do at that time was try and stand it with pressure.
08:28Now place that right on the wound and press down firmly.
08:31Do not lift it up to look.
08:33How do you not do that now?
08:34Without lifting the towel up, is that breathing under control?
08:38No, not at all, no.
08:40The towels are soaked through in seconds.
08:44So I went running out of the airing cupboard, I took these towels off of her and I put new towels round her neck.
08:49The call handler, she said, don't change the towels.
08:52Don't take any towels off, just keep putting them on top, sir, OK?
08:55Just keep applying pressure onto that wound.
08:58He needed to get another towel, another towel, because the towel was being soaked up in blood.
09:02Pressure on it, love, OK? I'll get you another towel, OK?
09:05Paul was panicking, but I didn't panic, because I just didn't know what was going on.
09:09Cathy could be heard on the call.
09:11She's conscious, but disorientated and confused.
09:15Where's the blood coming from, Paul?
09:18She was losing that much blood.
09:20Delirium sets in.
09:21But she started to realise how serious her situation is.
09:25I know, we are coming to you as fast as we can.
09:31It felt like forever for him, you know, not knowing what was happening.
09:40And watching his wife, it must have felt even longer.
09:43With the ambulance only minutes away, Paul pleads with Cathy to stay awake.
09:48Look at me, stay awake, stay awake, don't shut your eyes.
09:53You're doing really well, just keep her awake, you're doing a great job.
09:56Stay awake, stay awake.
09:58I can just remember somebody saying to me, stay with me, stay with me, and that was it.
10:02That's the person I've spent my whole life with.
10:04My whole life, since I was 17, I've spent with her.
10:08And she was sat in front of me, dying.
10:10She was actually dying in front of me, and there was nothing I could do.
10:13Don't shut your eyes, open your eyes, open your eyes.
10:24Later, paramedics arrive and Cathy is raced towards the nearest hospital.
10:29But halfway there, her condition deteriorates.
10:33In my heart of hearts, I thought that she may have passed away en route.
10:38Yeah, it was the longest journey of my life to the hospital, Cathy.
10:43The Gauti Mountains, County Tipperary.
10:53Mountain rescue volunteers and a Coast Guard helicopter crew work together to help an injured hiker.
11:00They're on high, open ground, and the downdraft is creating a real challenge.
11:05It's like a hairdryer on steroids.
11:06This thing is going to blow you away like a tissue.
11:17Woodwork teacher Marty lives in the small town of Stradbally, close to the south coast of Ireland.
11:23He moved back home from London 30 years ago when he realised he missed the rural life.
11:29I've always enjoyed the outdoors, whether fishing on the sea or off the beach, or hill walking.
11:34In the early days, he palled up with engineering teacher Kevin, and they shared a house together.
11:40You know, we'd be kind of, I guess, maybe easy going in lots of senses and kind of have similar kind of interests.
11:48Back then, their favourite hobby was hill walking.
11:51The scenery is fantastic. You just have to get up there and see it.
11:55A few years later, it all changed when Marty met his wife, Deirdre, at a disco.
12:01Sparks flew, and I told her I'd give her a shout next weekend. The rest is history, really.
12:08Walking went by the wayside after both men settled down.
12:11But recently, with more time on his hands, Kevin joined a local walking group.
12:15I try to get out every week on a Sunday. Nice people, I find, doing the walking, and a spectacular scenery.
12:24Will, one of the regular club guides, often leads the hikes.
12:28The standard of walks varies between one and four stars.
12:32Four stars for the elite walkers, the one, two and three stars most people can manage.
12:37Kevin misses the old days, so tries to persuade Marty to come along too.
12:41I said, oh, crikey, you know, there was always some reason why I couldn't do it.
12:46And I figured that he's eventually going to get fed up asking me, so I'd better go.
12:50They arranged to join the club for a relatively easy walk the following Sunday.
12:56The wife didn't really want me going, so just when I was going out the door, she said,
12:59Marty, break a leg, you know, just messing.
13:03It's a remark that will go down in the family history for some time to come.
13:07It's around 11am when the club meet up on a sunny Sunday morning.
13:14Fantastic day. It wasn't raining.
13:15This was my first time there, joining them, and they were very welcoming.
13:20The club members pride themselves on making the day all about having a good time,
13:25and Marty is certainly doing that.
13:27It's an extremely enjoyable thing to do, and at the time you're going up there,
13:30you're meeting new people, you're making friends.
13:33Club guide Will weighs up the potential new member.
13:36He had proper walking gear.
13:38He was well within the group and well up with the pace.
13:42There had been a bit of rain, so it was a little bit greasy.
13:46The views are just spectacular.
13:48I felt, crikey, I should have been doing this all along.
13:51I realised how much I'd actually missed it.
13:53At lunchtime, the walkers start to descend a few hundred metres,
13:57aiming for a sheltered spot Will has picked out.
13:59I remember saying to myself, this is going really well, and I started to relax.
14:06To reach the spot, the group cross a buggy area with tufts of grass.
14:11At one stage, I did fall backwards, and I landed on the rucksack,
14:14and I thought, I look like a plunker.
14:17He picks himself up and continues, but then...
14:20My foot slipped just sideways, and I went down.
14:25It was just instantaneous.
14:27I didn't have a chance to stop myself falling.
14:31Marty's foot goes underneath him, and he sits down heavily on top of his ankle.
14:36But immediately, I realised that it wasn't right.
14:41One of the other walkers alerts Will.
14:43He said that he'd felt that there was something broken.
14:47I was trying to get to stand up, but I knew I couldn't put any weight on my foot.
14:53We carried him a few hundred yards to where there was a patch where he could sit down more comfortably.
14:58I wouldn't expect to do this, Will.
15:00I realised that I was in a bit of a fix.
15:04A bunk gart, as we call it in Irish.
15:06Will's worked that out too.
15:08I quickly realised that this was bigger than we could handle.
15:12He's going to need to call for help.
15:15The first time in the club's 40-year history.
15:19He's put through to the Southeastern Mountain Rescue Team, known as Semra.
15:24It's a significant day for them too.
15:26That was our 500th call-out.
15:28So, it was a kind of historic moment for us as well.
15:32Available volunteers head to base to load up equipment.
15:35Chris is one of them.
15:37If we suspect it's a lower leg injury,
15:39they were expecting we're going to have to carry in a lot of gear,
15:43carrying the stretchers, carrying the first aid and the vacuum splints.
15:48And they need to do it as quickly as possible.
15:51If casualties left there too long first, they're going to get cold.
15:54They can come hypothermic very quickly.
15:56On the mountain, Marty films on his phone.
16:02The assistant with me that they knew the route back and went back to the start point.
16:11A nurse who's part of the group stays behind with Will and Kevin.
16:15They put Marty in a wind shelter.
16:17Kevin sits with him to keep him warm.
16:19He had a flask with hot tea in it and he had sandwiches.
16:22He'll go with sandwiches.
16:23It was a godsend.
16:24Will is realistic about what's ahead of them.
16:28I thought that this was going to be stretcher time
16:30and that it was going to be a four or five hour operation
16:33to get Marty off the mountain.
16:37And it won't be easy.
16:39A stretcher carry requires at least two teams of eight
16:42and SEMRA are concerned not enough volunteers have been able to respond.
16:47We weren't too sure if we were going to have the full quota
16:49so we checked on the availability of the helicopter.
16:52The Coast Guard chopper provides backup if it's not busy elsewhere.
16:57On the mountain, just 45 minutes after Will's call,
17:01two SEMRA team members arrive,
17:03bringing news the helicopter is available.
17:06So that was an unlikely relief.
17:09Adrian is a winch operator with the Coast Guard team.
17:12On January days, typically they are shorter,
17:15so you are fighting against light.
17:17So the thing to do there then is to get to the scene as quickly as possible.
17:20On the mountain, more SEMRA team members arrive
17:23and assess Marty's condition.
17:25We loosened his boot, I took it off,
17:27and I had a look and assessed it as best we could.
17:30They check he can move his toes.
17:32With a break, there's a risk that it cuts off the circulation
17:35and then you might lose blood flow to the foot.
17:39They put Marty's foot in a vacuum splint and wait.
17:4230 minutes later, a helicopter is heard approaching
17:46and a team member films as it comes into view.
17:51It's just like the cavalry.
17:52They appeared up over the mountain
17:54and there it was, this massive, big Sikorsky helicopter.
17:59Knowing a mounted rescue team are already in situ
18:02makes the Coast Guard's mission easier.
18:04The preparation that SEMRA puts into an area before we arrive is absolutely invaluable.
18:09Chances are have the casualty packaged by the time we get there.
18:12I know it's just what method are we going to use to bring him back into the aircraft.
18:17Advanced winch paramedic Sarah is lowered from the helicopter.
18:20She provides Marty with some stronger pain relief.
18:23It's unreal.
18:24Even when I was sitting on the ground, I said,
18:26this can't be happening.
18:27This just can't be happening.
18:29The helicopter's massive downdraft makes conditions on the ground challenging.
18:33It stands off while they work.
18:36It's like a hairdryer on steroids.
18:38This thing is going to blow you away like a tissue.
18:40But I had only one leg to stand on,
18:43so I had one of SEMRA on each side of me
18:46and while Sarah was getting me into the harness
18:48and getting me ready to get up.
18:50A mountain rescue volunteer films as Marty's fitted with the rescue harness.
18:56Next, a hook is lowered attached to a rope called a highline.
18:59It's something the SEMRA team have trained for.
19:02We operate the highline to prevent spinning of the casualty and the winch personnel.
19:07It was terrifying to watch,
19:08particularly those couple of minutes
19:11when you see Marty's legs still dangling down.
19:14The footage shows Marty being pulled on board.
19:18It was casually safe.
19:19We can go home happy then that it is a successful operation.
19:24The helicopter sets off for Waterford Hospital
19:27with Marty considering the tricky problem of phoning his wife.
19:33I knew at some stage that I'm going to have to tell you,
19:35so I was waiting for the right time to do that.
19:36In the meantime, Kevin had phoned Deirdre to say,
19:40well, how's Marty?
19:40She said, didn't he go here walking with you?
19:43She got an awful shock, an awful fright, I suppose, as did I.
19:46Yeah, it wasn't a great call.
19:49Bye-bye, Kevin.
19:49In hospital, Marty's told he snapped both his tibia and fibula above his ankle
19:57and will need plates and screws to hold them in place.
20:01The surgeon did a fantastic job, I must say.
20:04The aftercare I got in the hospital was fantastic as well
20:07and nearly as good as I was before I went up on a mountain.
20:10Come on, Archie. Come on.
20:10His recovery takes six months and although he's now fit and well,
20:15he still hasn't laced up his hiking boots.
20:18Just been a little bit busy here with work and with life,
20:22but I do intend to join Kevin again.
20:24I don't know, would he like the idea?
20:26He did enjoy it. He will come back.
20:29Just to get the right time.
20:31Marty realises he was very lucky that day.
20:34I don't think I'd like to have any closer call than that now.
20:38Thankfully, I was with some very experienced guys
20:42that knew what they were doing.
20:53It seemed like such a safe thing to do,
20:56just to hike up the hill with a good mate.
20:59Well done to the medics and all the team who came to Marty's aid.
21:02Now, back to a couple who are in desperate need of medical help
21:06and it can't come a moment too soon.
21:16In Blindavon, South Wales,
21:20frantic husband Paul is on the phone to the emergency services
21:23after his wife Kathy fell downstairs straight into a glass fish tank.
21:28A shard of glass has left a huge gash in her neck
21:31and she's bleeding profusely.
21:34Is she awake?
21:36Barely, barely awake.
21:37She's breathing a massive amount of blood.
21:38Is she breathing?
21:40Yeah, yeah.
21:41Paul desperately tries to keep Kathy awake
21:44as an ambulance races to their home.
21:46I don't want to die.
21:47Listen, don't shut your eyes. Open your eyes.
21:50Stay awake. Stay awake.
21:52Call handler Align is doing her best to keep Paul calm.
21:56You're doing really well. Just keep her awake.
21:57You're doing a great job.
21:58That's the person I've spent my whole life with
22:01and she was sitting in front of me dying.
22:02I just remember somebody saying to me,
22:05stay with me, stay with me, and that was it.
22:08Don't shut your eyes.
22:08Don't shut your eyes.
22:10Don't shut your eyes.
22:10Paul is following Align's advice to stem the blood flow
22:15by keeping pressure on the wound with towels.
22:18Just keep that pressure on.
22:19There we are. Almost with you.
22:21But they're soaked through in seconds.
22:23I could feel my eyes welling up
22:25because I knew that Kathy was sitting there
22:28feeling that she herself slip away.
22:31And so can Paul.
22:32I've got you, OK?
22:34I've got you, OK?
22:35Listen, love me, Sam.
22:36Get here.
22:37It's one minute away from you, sir, OK?
22:39It's one minute away.
22:41Then, in the distance, the sound of sirens,
22:44Paul rushes to the front door.
22:47I could see the blue light,
22:48so I started flashing my porch lights.
22:51And all of a sudden it came charging down,
22:52pulled up outside the front of the house.
22:53The call picks up their arrival.
22:56It's the case in the way.
22:57It's the benefit of the table.
22:58Ambulance crew on scene.
23:00Lead paramedic Joshua Edwards
23:02is confronted with a disturbing scene.
23:06Kathy was incredibly pale.
23:07Like, of course, ultimately,
23:08she was like white, her face was.
23:10And there was obvious signs of external hemorrhage.
23:11We could see blood on the floor, on the sofa.
23:15The sort of tea towel she'd used
23:17were absolutely saturated in blood.
23:19He needs to know if Kathy has severed an artery in her neck,
23:22removing the towels.
23:24He examines the wound.
23:26The cut ran from the patient's sort of
23:28trachea ursal center of the throat.
23:30And it ran all the way around then
23:31to the back of her head.
23:32There was a clove there.
23:34It looked like a surgeon cut.
23:35It was absolutely incredible.
23:36Ultimately, he was life-threatening.
23:38Joshua starts to apply special bandages
23:40to stem the blood loss
23:42and keep the wound clear of infection.
23:44It's just ingrained with special blood clotting drug, basically.
23:48But you have to find the source of the bleeding
23:50and put it on there for around three minutes.
23:52It will sort of induce blood clotting then.
23:55Josh took complete control of the job.
23:57He was putting these, like, bandishings
24:00wrapping them around her neck.
24:02And just apply direct pressure to that wound area.
24:05Joshua gets the bleeding under control.
24:07Next, he gives Kathy oxygen,
24:09but he knows she needs urgent hospital treatment
24:12if she's going to survive.
24:14Her vital signs indicate
24:15she's in a state known as hypervolemic shock.
24:19Her heart rate was incredibly fast.
24:20It was 135 beats per minute.
24:22And her blood pressure was incredibly low.
24:26And eventually, she will lose her surgery,
24:28but she'll probably result in death then.
24:30So we knew that there was no time to waste.
24:32We had to go.
24:33Kathy is loaded into the ambulance
24:35and with Paul at her side,
24:36they set off on blue lights
24:38to the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport.
24:41Throughout the 25-minute journey,
24:42Joshua continues to apply pressure to the wound
24:45and tells Paul to keep Kathy awake.
24:49He said, don't let her fall asleep.
24:50And as she went like that,
24:51I was pinching her toes.
24:53And I mean, pinching her toes as hard I could,
24:54and she was...and it was waking her up.
24:57Joshua also administers blood clotting drugs,
25:00but 15 minutes into the journey,
25:02Kathy's condition deteriorates.
25:05I was looking her in her eyes.
25:06She was only 18 inches from me,
25:08and I was looking her eyes,
25:09and her eyes had gone.
25:10There was nothing in her eyes.
25:11I said, she's gone.
25:13I said, she's freezing cold.
25:14She did sort of drop her consciousness level as well.
25:17And despite our best efforts,
25:19there was still blood coming through the goals
25:20we were utilising,
25:21and literally Paul was telling how much he loved her.
25:24And I kept saying to Josh,
25:25she'd be fine, she'd be fine,
25:27he kept saying.
25:27In my heart of hearts,
25:29I thought that she may have to be en route.
25:32Yeah, it was the longest journey of my life
25:34to the hospital with Kathy.
25:36But as they arrive,
25:38she's still clinging to life.
25:40A specialist trauma team are waiting.
25:42As he opened these doors,
25:43it was all these people stood there.
25:44There was at least 10 people,
25:46and all of a sudden,
25:47everybody all at once,
25:49bang,
25:49just grabbed the bed,
25:50grabbed hold of her,
25:52and she was gone.
25:52Kathy spends four and a half hours
25:56in emergency surgery.
25:58She's lost four pints of blood,
26:01roughly half the amount in her body.
26:04But she's also been incredibly fortunate.
26:07Doctors discover the glass
26:09missed her main artery
26:10by just three millimetres.
26:13The actual surgeon said,
26:15do yourself a favour,
26:16he said, get out in the nearest paper shop
26:18and buy a lottery ticket, he said,
26:20because that's how lucky you are.
26:21He said, you don't realise how lucky you are.
26:24She come within three millimetres
26:25of dying.
26:29Kathy's condition slowly improves.
26:32Two days later,
26:33a relieved Paul is allowed in to see her.
26:37They should come walking round the corner,
26:38come walking towards me,
26:40and it was...
26:41It was like the day we first met.
26:44Incredible.
26:45It was really lovely to see him.
26:48His little face was smiling.
26:50Kathy is shocked
26:52when she finally sees the damage
26:54from the form.
26:56When I see my face,
26:57I just couldn't believe
26:57how horrific it was.
26:59And they took 74 staples out of her.
27:02I had them going right the way round,
27:04right through,
27:04right up to my ear.
27:0618 months on,
27:14Kathy is almost fully recovered
27:16and has nothing but praise
27:18for the emergency services
27:19who came to her aid that night.
27:22The ambulance hadn't got there in time.
27:24Well, I definitely wouldn't have been here.
27:25The emergency services,
27:27they're not credited enough.
27:30They are absolutely marvellous people,
27:32brilliant people.
27:33Kathy and Paul met up
27:35with paramedic Joshua
27:36and his colleague Charlotte
27:37to say thank you in person.
27:40It was lovely.
27:40We had about an hour and a half together,
27:42gave Kathy and Paul a big hug
27:43and just, yeah,
27:44just to see she's looking wonderful
27:45and have both of them.
27:46So it was lovely just to see him,
27:47you know,
27:48see him in this light of day
27:49as opposed to the horrible events
27:51of that night.
27:53What a job they do.
27:55I can't never, ever
27:56pays them up by enough
27:57for saving my wife's life.
27:58Paul says it all there
28:11and he speaks from experience.
28:13Our NHS staff are amazing.
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