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UK Football Stampede Survivor and the Doctor Who Saved Him on the Pitch

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UK Football Stampede Survivor and the Doctor Who Saved Him on the Pitch
Gary Currie was laid out on the ground, presumed dead, when fellow Liverpool supporter Dr. Glyn ­Phillips spotted him and spent 15 minutes performing CPR, determined that Gary, then just 18, deserved a chance to live. Now in a moving interview with the Sunday Mirror, Gary reveals how he has struck up a lifetime bond with his saviour, since that day 23 years ago.

Gary Currie was laid out on the ground, presumed dead, when fellow Liverpool supporter Dr. Glyn ­Phillips spotted him and spent 15 minutes performing CPR, determined that Gary, then just 18, deserved a chance to live.

Now in a moving interview with the Sunday Mirror, Gary reveals how he has struck up a lifetime bond with his saviour, since that day in Sheffield 23 years ago.

(READ the story from the Mirror)

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