Firefighter who gave Princess Diana CPR after Paris crash
A firefighter who gave CPR to Princess Diana after pulling her from the wreckage of the car crash that killed her has said that night will stay with me forever.
Sergeant Xavier Gourmelon, 50, said he was certain the Princess of Wales would survive the crash after he resuscitated her when she went into cardiac arrest in the Paris tunnel on August 31, 1997.
He was in charge of a medically trained fire crew at the scene and said she uttered the words “My God, what’s happened?” moments before she lost consciousness.
In his first interview since the crash ahead of the 20th anniversary of her death on Thursday, Mr Gourmelon told how he pulled the 36-year-old princess from the wrecked Mercedes.
He said after giving her CPR, he was convinced she would survive.
Father-of-two Mr Gou...