A holiday home boss and dad-of-five who ‘died’ for five minutes when his heart stopped beating after a terrifying house fire sent him into cardiac arrest has become friends with the firefighter who brought him back to life. Steve Taylor, 64, and his wife, Jo, 53, had sat down to dinner with her 80-year-old parents when smoke poured through the ceiling.
The side of the house and the roof were engulfed by flames, which Steve fought, valiantly, with fire extinguishers they kept on site in Upper Tysoe, Warwickshire. But his heroism cost him dearly, as he went into cardiac arrest, saying: “I only had a 10 per cent chance of being revived after my heart stopped, so I feel incredibly grateful to still be here."
He added: “I got everybody out of the building and went back in to see where the smoke was coming from. Then I went outside and saw that the side of the house was on fire.”
