A COUNTY council worker who helped save the life of his neighbour will have his life-saving action highlighted on the small screen.

Contact centre worker Tony Williams, aged 66, will feature in the summer season of Real Rescues, the BBC’s real life emergencies programme.

Tony was praised for his calmness when he went to the aid of the man suffering from a heart attack.

Although the man ‘died’ several times both at his home in Kilgetty and later in hospital he survived and is now back on his feet thanks to the efforts of Tony, paramedics and hospital staff.

“I hope it was something that anyone would have done,” said Tony, who was born and brought up in Goodwick.

“I phoned 999 for an ambulance while my friend dealt with the man’s inconsolable wife.

“I was having to juggle dealing with ambulance control and looking after the man, who kept slipping in and out of consciousness.”

Just before the ambulance arrived the 65-year-old neighbour went into a coma and the paramedics rushed to give him CPR.

It was the first of many resuscitation attempts both in the ambulance and later at Withybush hospital.

“Although I was the on-site first aider at Oakwood Park for five years nothing like that has ever happened to me before,“ said Tony.

“When I first went round to the house I thought he was dying.

“I think the experience shows that if you don’t panic and keep your wits about you, you can help in situations like this.

“It’s why I agreed to appear on the TV programme. To help other people know what to do in such emergency situations.”

Tony, who has worked at the contact centre for seven years and is a fluent Welsh speaker, is known as the voice of the council as it’s his recorded voice that people hear when they ring.