Andy Arnill
Andy's Yorkshire Spurs Charity Match page
Fundraising for Children's Heart Surgery Fund
Story
Thank you for viewing my page and for considering supporting such a worthy cause. I’ll be honest, my participation has a hint of selfishness, as it allows me to fulfil a childhood dream of playing on a pitch with some of my Tottenham Hotspur heroes. However, when I was asked to play and I heard the story of a fellow Yorkshire Spurs member, I knew I had to support his chosen charity.
Please read his story below, and if you feel you can, donate to the cause. It would be great to reach or even surpass my target!
A dad-of-two who was brought back from the brink of death after suffering a cardiac arrest while out running has paid tribute to the “outstanding” medics who helped save his life along with a hero passerby.
Stephen Reynolds, 38, was training for a half-marathon when he collapsed one morning last July, an hour into his regular run.
Luckily a passer-by – who had just trained in CPR – saw what happened and immediately began resuscitating him while an ambulance was called.
Paramedics had to shock Stephen’s heart several times with a defibrillator to get it beating again and an air ambulance took him to the congenital heart unit at Leeds General Infirmary.