Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer known as the medics who saved his life “heroes” as he returned to Bournemouth to thank them.
The 29-year-old collapsed on the Vitality Stadium pitch after he suffered cardiac arrest when the golf equipment met on 16 December.
That match was deserted, and Lockyer attended Wednesday’s rearranged fixture and met the medics earlier than the sport.
“I acquired slightly bit emotional,” Lockyer advised BBC Radio 5 Live.
“I’m fairly numb to the entire thing however being again right here, I got here into the tunnel space and noticed the paramedics that saved my life.
“I recognised them right away. What do you say in that scenario apart from ‘thanks’? They are heroes they usually saved my life.”
Lockyer shook the arms of the medics when he got here on to the pitch earlier than Wednesday’s Premier League match and acquired a standing ovation from each units of followers who chanted his identify.
The defender has not performed since his cardiac arrest, and has beforehand advised how he was “technically useless” for practically three minutes.
He was hospitalised for 5 days and was subsequently fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).
Bournemouth followers raised greater than £2,000 to placed on 4 coaches for Luton followers to make the 240-mile spherical journey from Bedfordshire to the south coast for the rearranged sport.
