Grant Williams was training for the Manchester Marathon on March 9 this year when he suffered a cardiac arrest, the Liverpool Echo reports. Just moments before collapsing in the street, the fit and healthy fitness instructor stopped to take a selfie with his fellow group of eight runners.
Luckily for him, doctor Melanie Hamilton had been cycling home from her night shift at Alder Hey Children's Hospital when she noticed a group of people standing around Grant, who was 'fighting for his life', and sprung into action. Melanie took over the CPR and brought Grant back around. "When the defib came back there was another male doctor called Joe - who was getting his haircut in the barbers opposite - he took over from Mel as she was getting tired with the CPR compressions, and then the defibs went on me. At this point the ambulance came.
Grant was discharged from hospital on March 31 and has already started light training. He plans to run the Newport marathon in Wales next year to raise money for the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, who helped him in his recovery. He has also set out to raise awareness for the importance of CPR training and defibrillators.
Grant added: "I have started back running and training as well, we are going to do the Newport marathon in my hometown. I am far behind again now and I need to build up to it. I met the doctors who saved me and they have now signed up to run the marathon with us next year, there is about 40 people from my gym doing it.
"For me it was hereditary - my dad had a heart attack at 40 and 43 - but they said from being actively fit I have prolonged the cardiac arrest by about ten years. It's so important people keep physically fit, whether it is just walking.
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