Medics said it was very unusual for someone to survive such a surge of electricity.
Darren Harris met up with paramedics Gary Williams and Matt Walker, along with trauma doctor Richard Fawcett four years after they saved his life
On 24 November 2020, Darren Harris was electrocuted in an abandoned building in Wolverhampton, while attempting to steal scrap metal. Four years on, he visited Stoke Ambulance Hub to meet the ambulance crew and trauma doctor who responded to the 999 call that day.Recounting what happened, Mr Harris said: "During lockdown I was struggling for funds and I went to get illegal scrap metal from buildings that were getting demolished.
"I ran in front of the ambulance on its way to me to flag it down and both faces of the paramedics were as white as a ghost."Mr Harris said he had wanted to thank the ambulance crew ever since the incident, but the timing had not been right."It’s been very traumatic and very difficult, but I’m on the mend and trying to do good things and good deeds.Daren HarrisMr Harris admitted he should not have been on the site, but had "paid a price for that".
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