Cork woman who 'died' after cardiac arrest thanks emergency response teams for saving her

Clodagh, a UCC student, was sitting down talking to her mother, a nurse, in the garden at home on May 20 last when her heart stopped.

Clodagh Lynch joined the crew of the Irish Community Air Ambulance in north Cork as its new helicopter went into service. It’s the fastest civilian helicopter in the world. Clodagh travelled in the previous helicopter from Bantry to Cork University Hospital after she suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. With Clodagh are, from left,  Paul Traynor, Advanced Paramedic; Donagh Verling, Chief Pilot and James Ward, Advanced Paramedic. Picture: Brian Lougheed

A young woman who “died” in her back garden has visited the air ambulance crew who helped save her life to say thanks.

Clodagh Lynch, 20, from Bantry in Cork, was airlifted to Cork University Hospital within 15-minutes last May after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest event, similar to Danish footballer Christian Eriksen, and said if it wasn’t for the quick actions of all the emergency response teams that day, she wouldn’t be alive today.