A good Samaritan who helped save a stranger's life on a train last Thursday was only riding the same service as the man because she forgot it was a public holiday in WA.

Alannah, 18, performed CPR on fellow train passenger Gustavo after he went into cardiac arrest on the Perth-Cockburn service, and relayed the dramatic moments before and during the heart attack to 6PR Breakfast.

"I flipped him onto his back and, I felt so bad, but I yelled at the girl helping 'can I start CPR? Can I start CPR?', just making sure I wasn't being silly in the moment," she told stunned hosts Jenna Clarke and Oly Peterson, in for Gareth Parker on 6PR Breakfast this week.

"Time went by so quickly and we stopped at Burswood and the train driver came out and saw I was giving CPR in the aisle, then all of a sudden we were heading at breakneck speed back down to Perth [train station], where the ambulance met us there." 

The sister-in-law of the heart attack victim, Nicola, told 6PR Breakfast the family was told by doctors he would unlikely survive the ordeal if not for Alannah's actions.

A good Samaritan who helped save a stranger's life on a train last Thursday was only riding the same service as the man because she forgot it was a public holiday in WA.
Alannah, 18, performed CPR on fellow train passenger Gustavo after he went into cardiac arrest on the Perth-Cockburn service, and relayed the dramatic moments before and during the heart attack to 6PR Breakfast.
"I flipped him onto his back and, I felt so bad, but I yelled at the girl helping 'can I start CPR? Can I start CPR?', just making sure I wasn't being silly in the moment," she told stunned hosts Jenna Clarke and Oly Peterson, in for Gareth Parker on 6PR Breakfast this week.
"Time went by so quickly and we stopped at Burswood and the train driver came out and saw I was giving CPR in the aisle, then all of a sudden we were heading at breakneck speed back down to Perth [train station], where the ambulance met us there." 
The sister-in-law of the heart attack victim, Nicola, told 6PR Breakfast the family was told by doctors he would unlikely survive the ordeal if not for Alannah's actions.

If it's happening in Perth, you'll hear about it first on 6PR Breakfast with Millsy and Karl!

If it's happening in Perth, you'll hear about it first on 6PR Breakfast with Millsy and Karl!

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