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I watched my husband die several times'

  • 03 March 2026
  • Megan Jones-Evans

A woman whose husband "died several times" at Birmingham Airport before his life was eventually saved is urging people to book a heart screening.

In April, Chris Towers, 67, from Ledbury, Herefordshire suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed as he sat in the departure lounge and had to be revived by a police officer and two medics as his heart stopped on four or five occasions.

Seven months later, his wife Libby Towers, 64, hopes she can set an example by getting a heart scan with Wales-based charity Calon Hearts, which is offering free and subsidised heart screenings.

Ms Towers said: "I'd urge anybody in the Ledbury area to take up this wonderful opportunity offered by Calon Hearts."

The screenings will take place at Lebury RFC on Saturday, which will be the first-time the charity has operated in England.

The heart screenings will be free to young people between the ages of 16 and 25 with a follow up ECG, a test that records the electrical activity of a heart, if needed.

People aged 26 or over can pay for a subsidised heart screening which costs £299.

'A price worth paying'

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