Man who had a heart attack on a rollercoaster launches appeal to trace the good samaritan who saved his life

A 25-YEAR-OLD man who had a heart attack on a rollercoaster is hunting for the good samaritan who saved his life.

Thomas Ormerod was on the Infusion ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach with his girlfriend Charlotte Howell when he suddenly blacked out.

When the attraction - which hits speeds of 80 mph - came to a halt a man dragged him off and started performing CPR on him before paramedics arrived.

But he then left the scene without telling anyone his name.

And now Thomas is hoping to track him down to say a big thank you.

The quality assurance inspector from Haslingden, Lancs. said: “A guy pulled me from the ride and started to perform CPR before the first response team arrived.

“After that I woke up a day later in Blackpool Victoria Hospital.”

“The chap that helped was just a member of the public waiting to get on the ride and I was lucky enough that he knew CPR.

“We have not found him yet, but I am hoping he will come forward.

“First I will thank him for saving my life and then I have few questions about what happened.

“Then hopefully we will have a nice chat.”

Thomas, who spent three weeks in hospital following the heart attack on June 26, has set up a Facebook page in a bid to track down the good samaritan.

He said the man was “white, a big guy, well-built and had a red and black football or rugby top on”.

He continued: “I do not really remember much but from what my partner has told me, we queued up for the ride, got on and about halfway round I went quiet.

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“When Charlotte got off the ride I was unconscious."

Thomas, who had been celebrating Charlotte’s 23rd birthday, said despite a family history of heart problems, he had never experienced any issues and had not been feeling unwell at the time.

He said: “It was just an extraordinary occurrence..

“They do not know exactly what caused it other than I had a cardiac arrest and it is something to do with my heart.

“For now they have implanted a defibrillator to make sure that if it does happen again, I will be okay.”

Mr Ormerod also praised the Pleasure Beach for being the only theme park in the UK that has trained NHS paramedics on site.

A spokesperson for Blackpool Pleasure Beach said: “We are delighted to hear that Mr Ormerod is making an excellent recovery.

“We were pleased to be able to assist Mr Ormerod when he took ill during his visit to Blackpool Pleasure Beach.”

A North West Ambulance Spokeswoman said: “CPR was in progress before staff got there.

She said: “We were called at 11.14am to near the promenade and we took a patient who had collapsed to Blackpool Victoria Hospital.”

Mr Ormerod has asked the man who helped him to get in touch via Facebook.

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