Shocking moment firefighters smash brick wall to rescue 50st heart attack victim
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Firefighters are forced to break down a brick wall to rescue the 50th man who suffers a heart attack in his apartment
- Video filmed in Acton, west London, shows the rescue offer from the 17-hour emergency services
- Inside the ground floor flat was a 50th heart attack victim who had called 999
- Dozens of doctors, firefighters and police present during the £10k operation
This is the dramatic moment when emergency services were forced to tear down a flat wall during a 17-hour rescue mission to save an obese heart attack victim.
Fire crews are also seen building a ramp to get the 50-stone man out of his ground-floor council house in Acton, west London, in an operation estimated to cost around £10,000.
After the lengthy extraction process, the heart attack victim, known only as Manuel, is believed to have been rushed to a special ward at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington.
Neighbors revealed how Friday marked the third attempt to get ‘Manuel’ out of his apartment, with the bed reportedly breaking during his most recent efforts.
Fire crews are seen building a ramp to get the 50-stone man out of his ground-floor council house in Acton, west London, in an operation estimated to cost around £10,000.
After the lengthy extraction process, the heart attack victim is believed to have been rushed to a special ward at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. In the image: the scene on Friday morning.
The operation began with a call to 999 around 2am on Friday, January 13 after locals raised the alarm.
Dozens of paramedics, police officers and firefighters were among those working to save the man known only as Manuel during the incident.
Fire crews first arrived on the scene around 9 a.m., where they began demolishing the apartment’s exterior wall.
They then painstakingly built a temporary wooden ramp and used ropes to lift the patient onto a gurney. He finally arrived at the hospital around 8 p.m.
Dozens of paramedics, police officers and firefighters were among those working to save the man known only as Manuel during the dramatic incident.
Experts, including an urban search and rescue team, normally deployed during earthquakes, were joined by council officials who surveyed the damage.
Experts, including an urban search and rescue team, normally deployed during earthquakes, joined council officials surveying the damage.
MailOnline understands there are around 40 residents living in the west London apartment block.
A neighbor, Vernon Bannister, told the Sun how the man lives on takeout food and owns ‘the biggest TV I’ve ever seen’.
“There are other people in this building who are sick and they have to pay for it,” he added.