Tom Lockyer and the miracle of his resurrection on the court: I was dead for two minutes and 40 seconds

Tom Lockyerhe luton city player who suffered cardiac arrest during his team's game first division match against BournemouthHe returned to the Vitality Stadium where the miracle of his resurrection occurred.

The Welsh footballer was reunited with the medical staff who brought him back to life, although he suffered in Bournemouthcomeback from 0-3 to 4-3 against their own luton city side.

“I'm sure it was a much scarier time for them than it was for me. I don't know what happened, but I had surgery and it shouldn't happen again. I had an episode of atrial fibrillation. That's when the top of my heart was beating four times faster than it should. My heart stopped for two minutes and 40 seconds. I know I literally died,” Tom Lockyer told Sky News in February 2024.

Tom Lockyer gave an interview to Premier league in which he explained that “I was clinically dead for two minutes and 40 seconds. Yeah, it's pretty surreal.” (Christian) Eriksen It was five minutes and he was the last one before me. I was there for two minutes and the boy in front of Eriksen, Fabrice Muamba, it was 87 seconds or something crazy. So the trend is that it is going in the right direction.”

Tom Lockyer shows off his 'resuscitator'

a few weeks ago Tom Lockyer showed the ICD (implantable automatic defibrillator) that was implanted in his torso after suffering two collapses in seven months.

“This is my battle wound… My defibrillator is there, as you can see, there is a wire that goes through and to the heart in case it ever needs to be activated,” Lockyer told Sky Sports, showing the scars on his torso. and the location of the defibrillator (the device protrudes from under his left armpit, with a scar marking the incision made to place it).

The goal of the defibrillator is to get your heart going again in case it stops again, eliminating the need to wait for a defibrillator to arrive and hopefully save your life.