Daryl Sanders raised money for the GNAAS after they helped save his life. Paramedic Marcus Johnson, Daryl Sander’s mother Susan Ray, Daryl and paramedic Paul Burnage.
A MAN has thanked the medics that flew to his aid after he suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this year.
Daryl Sanders, his mother Susan Ray and father Alan Sanders, handed over a cheque for £2,200 to the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) team that treated him after the emergency on July 20.
The 29-year-old father-of-one said it was “amazing” to meet paramedics Paul Burnage and Marcus Johnson who rushed to the scene.
The self-employed block paver and landscaper from Hartlepool, who spent two days in a coma, said: “I might not be here without them. I feel very lucky. I don’t take much for granted anymore.”
The family raised the money at a recent garden party which they held at their home.
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