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Owen Younger

Newcastle school boy praised for being a lifesaver after pensioner has heart attack on bus

A school boy, who has just been taught how to perform CPR, had to put his new-found skills to the test when a pensioner had a heart attack on a bus.

Newcastle based Year 11 student Bailey Shore was on the X87 bus on his way to Benfield School, when he noticed something strange about the man sat opposite

“I thought he was asleep and snoring until I noticed his blue lips,” said Bailey. “During Wellbeing Week we had received CPR training in school but I never imagined that I would need these skills so soon.

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