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Jim owes his life to Tim
Friday November 28th 2008. Posted: 08:00
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Jim Lowe (left) was suffering the early stages of a heart attack when BT's Tim Baxter came to his aid
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Retired police officer Jim Lowe has been reunited with a BT man who saved his life after he suffered a heart attack behind the wheel of his car.
Tim Baxter, a BT procurement and supply chain materials handler, came to the aid of Jim after he stopped his car beside the A19 near Selby, North Yorkshire, when he felt pains in his chest. Jim, 64, didn’t have a mobile phone so he waved from the side of the road in a bid to flag down a passing motorist. He was struggling to stand up and began to fear his desperate plight would go unnoticed as 20 minutes passed before anybody stopped. Finally, Tim spotted Jim as he drove by and immediately pulled over to offer help. “I saw Jim holding his chest with one hand and waving with the other and realised he had a problem,” said Tim. “He told me he thought he was having a heart attack so I sat him down on the step of my lorry and dialled 999. Paramedics arrived within ten minutes and an ambulance ten minutes after that.” Jim was taken to hospital where it was found his heart had stopped beating and he was resuscitated seven times. As the two men were reunited, Tim, who is based at Northallerton, North Yorkshire, said: “I am delighted to see Jim in better health now.” Jim said: “I was gritting my teeth and thinking: ‘I’m not going to bloody die at the side of the road’. I owe Tim my life. Without him and the skills of the staff at the hospital, I would be history now.”
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