A CALVERTON wife has thanked the Post for helping find a woman who came to her seriously ill husband's aid.
Chris Jackson, 59, was taking a wreath to his mother's grave in Bulwell Cemetery on Christmas Day when he found himself unable to breathe.
He waved at four people in a passing car for help but they ignored him. But three other people in the cemetery called an ambulance.
It was feared he had suffered a heart attack, but he was diagnosed with a pulmonary edema which means his lungs had filled up with fluid and, after three days in the cardiac unit at the City Hospital, he was allowed home.
Mr Jackson's wife Sally, appealed to the Post to help her track down the three good Samaritans so the couple could say thank you properly.
She said: "We had no way of contacting the people who helped Chris and were so desperate just to say thank you.
"A lady, Diana Shepherd, rang us and it turned out her mother had seen the piece in the Post and told her to ring us as she was one of the people who helped Chris. We arranged to meet her and presented her with a bouquet to express our thanks."
Mrs Jackson added: "You can imagine how I felt. This was my husband 13 miles away and I needed to be there with him. Diana and the couple stayed with him until the ambulance arrived."
Miss Shepherd, 51, was visiting her father's grave when she saw Mr Jackson collapsed on a bench.
She said: "I just did what anybody would do in that situation. I wanted to make him feel better for seeing a friendly face. I know what that situation is like because my dad died from a heart attack in a public place.
"After my mum saw the piece in the Post I couldn't believe it referred to me. But I called them and they asked me round for coffee and gave me a beautiful bunch of flowers."
She added: "It was very emotional."
