Hero helped dyingwoman at horror scene
A SCOT celebrating his engagement at London Bridge ended up giving CPR to a woman who died in Saturday night’s horror.
David Anderson and Sam Thom were having drinks in London Bridge toasting their engagement when the horrific events unfolded.
David, 29, a trained lifeguard, performed CPR on the badly injured woman for 45 minutes, aided by the woman’s fiance and a policeman, but she died.
Paramedics told them to stop because it was too late to save her.
The couple initially thought there had been a hit and run accident – but eventually realised the extent of the destruction.
David, from Ayrshire, said: “I looked out the window and could see a girl lying in the road.
“I went outside because I’m a trained lifeguard, gave her a quick assessment and started CPR because she wasn’t breathing and her injuries were serious.
“Her fiancé was stood next to her and he was first aid trained too, so we started doing two-man CPR.
“A police officer came and gave me a break on the compressions, then he got a defibrillator, but it wouldn’t do anything because there was no heartbeat.
“We kept going until the paramedics arrived, and we were working on her for a good 45 minutes, but eventually they called it and that was it, we stopped.
“After that, I went and helped with a Kiwi guy, but his injuries had been patched up and he was in an ambulance, so I just kept him talking.
“Then there was a girl with spi- nal cord injuries on a board which needed lifting, so I helped with that, and by then there was only one other casualty.”
While David was performing first aid, Sam, 25, heard gunshots and was told to flee by police officers.
She ran back across the bridge towards Tooley Street, where she waited for David before they gave police statements and returned to their hotel around 3am.
Among those killed was a Londoner, a Canadian woman and a French national.
These are the victims who have been confirmed as dead:
James McMullan, 32, from Hackney, was last seen outside the Barrowboy And Banker pub and his sister said police have told her his bank card was found on a body at the scene of the attack.
hristine Archibald, 30, was the first to be named.
A French citizen was also killed, foreign affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.
The victim has not yet been named but French newspapers reported that he was from St Malo, Brittany, and had been working in a bar in the London Bridge area.
Five people were reported missing and have not been seen since the attack. They include:
Sebastien Belanger, who has not been seen since the attack, his girlfriend Gerda Bennet said on Facebook.
Xavier Thomas and his girlfriend, Christine Delcros, are said to have both been victims.
Australian Sara Zelenak’s friends have appealed for help to find her on social media.