Hero of the Week - Game player 5,000 miles away Saves Teen who Had Seizure!

This week's hero is a woman in Texas simply known as Raven, who was playing an on-line game with a young man named Aiden who lives in the U.K. When Raven suspected something was wrong with Aiden, she found the number to local emergency authorities and got him medical help he needed. Here's the story AND the Video of when they finally met later:

(Photo: Aidan Jackson, 19, whose life was saved when he was 17, when his friend called the police from 5,000 miles away. Credit: the UK Echo)

Game player 5,000 miles away Saves Teen who Had Seizure!

A Brit teenager who began having a seizure while gaming had his life saved by a woman 5,000 miles away who he was playing online with.

Aidan Jackson, from Widnes in Cheshire, was alone in his room at the time, and although his mum was downstairs the only person with any indication of what was happening was Raven, a woman in Texas.

The quick thinking of Raven, who searched online for the proper authorities to call after Aidan fell silent and began gasping, would save his life.

Police arrived at Aidan's home 40 minutes after the then 17-year-old first fell silent, surprising his mum who was still unaware of the situation.

Two years later and Aidan, who is now 19, is working as a bartender in Widnes, but alongside his work he has been fundraising to provide life-saving defibrillators for his local community.

He told the Liverpool ECHO he is close to reaching his 25th defibrillator, which will also be his last as he hands the mantle to his mum who will continue the vital work.

Looking back on his near-death experience and the ensuing media attention, which included an appearance on American talk show the Tamron Hall show, where he met the girl who saved his life for the first time in front of a televised audience, Aidan said: "It's surreal looking back on it now.

"It was such a sudden experience and within a month of it happening I'd been flown out to New York to meet the friend who saved me. It was a really emotional experience when I met Raven. 

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/lPxK41I018I