Boy Who Died for 20 Minutes ; Dragged From an Icy River, Connors Heart and Brain Had Shut Down. He Seemed Doomed. Could the Skill and Courage of Paramedics Bring Him Back to Life? Good Health
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WHEN six-year-old Connor Scott lay submerged in the icy waters of the River Tonge near his Bolton home, it seemed as if he was going to become another tragic accident statistic. But thanks to the dedication of the emergency rescue teams and the body's amazing capacity for self-preservation, he was brought back from the dead. Here in a minute-by-minute reconstruction, SUE COCKER reveals how little Connor lived to tell his tale.
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Boy Who Died for 20 Minutes ; Dragged From an Icy River, Connors Heart and Brain Had Shut Down. He Seemed Doomed. Could the Skill and Courage of Paramedics Bring Him Back to Life? Good Health
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Connor Scott is playing in brambles-near his dad Lee's home in Tonge Fold, Bolton, with his friends Tom Rhodes, five, and Mark Harrison, eight, blissfully unaware that the brambles cover a 10ft slope down to the River Tonge.Suddenly, Connor loses his footing and plunges down a 4ft vertical drop into the river. The water temperature is nearly zero, and even though the river is not very fast moving, Connor is in real danger.Tom runs home for help.1.28pmConnor is gulping in mouthf...See the full content of this document
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