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Wednesday 21 August 2024
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Marshalling the troops
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League’s new beat
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Helping out a Stirling mate SARA HOLLYMAN Grant Stirling feels luckier than lucky to be alive. “It’s pretty surreal knowing two strangers saved my life,” he says.
Grant was in the shower at Riverside Pool after having a swim in the lanes with his 15-year-old stepson on Tuesday, 9 July when he had a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the floor.
Although he remembers nothing more than pulling into the carpark that morning, he knows two complete strangers saved his life. Riverside lifeguard David Edwards was alerted by Joe Waller,
who was in the changing rooms at the same time. David and fellow lifeguard Aaron Douglas sprang into action, performing CPR and using a defibrillator to shock Grant’s heart back to life.
Over the coming weeks, Grant received a triple bypass and had a mini defibrillator inserted that will sit permanently under his
SEE PAGE 2
New welcome for Stoke School
Stoke School principal Sarah Davies and parent Kahu Paki Paki with children of Stoke School and the new entrance created by Kahu for the school. Photo: Andrew Board. See story on page 4.
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