An off-duty nurse had just been out for a walk in Seaburn when, along with two police officers, she saved the life of a man suffering a cardiac arrest.
Sarah Watson, a junior sister at Sunderland Royal, came to the aid of John Walker, 69, as he fell ill at the wheel of his parked car in Dykelands Road on March 11 this year. Sarah, with Det Const Paddy Little and PC Jonathan Buckster of Northumbria Police and Durham Constabulary respectively, worked together to help John out of his care and perform CPR.
Further emergency colleagues soon arrived, and John is back on his feet. With wife Jean, he presented Sarah with flowers and chocolates to thank her for her quick thinking, while they have been reunited with the police officers too.
