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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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James McNeill

Dad 'dragged' himself down the stairs into the street after brain hemorrhage

A dad has gone to unbelievable lengths to survive against all the odds.

James Gilbert, 32, from Warrington was working from home when he began to feel sick on Thursday, April 21. After throwing up, he called 999 but unable to speak he put the phone down.

Unbeknownst to James an extra artery in his head which had been unidentified since birth had burst causing a brain hemorrhage. Alone, James managed to drag himself down the stairs and into the street looking for anybody who could help him.

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