A key worker who helped save the life of a policeman who had a heart attack on the bus during lockdown is celebrating a £1 million Lottery win.
Anthony Canty, 33, initially thought he had won £100,000 on the EuroMillions, so phoned his partner Katie Sullivan, 32, to get the numbers checked.
She started screaming and said: "You div, it's one million, we're millionaires, you have to come home!"
The father-of-two's win came just weeks after a policeman collapsed on him when he was on a bus.
The incident happened on the vehicle which was travelling from Witham train station to Maldon, Essex, one evening in April, where the policeman who had also just finished his shift collapsed.
"We were just on our way home one evening, just talking and he just dropped down... in my lap," Mr Canty said.
He said he rang the bell to stop the bus and gave the officer CPR with the help of the 999 operator and first aid training he had at work.
The officer was airlifted to hospital and spent five days in intensive care.
Mr Canty, who said he stayed in touch with the officer's partner while he was in hospital and dropped off fruit and flowers, and kept in contact after he recovered.
"I phoned him on the win and he said 'good karma happens to good people'," he said.
Partner Katie said: "He said that Anthony's part of his family now.
"He said he's forever grateful as if it weren't for Anthony he wouldn't be here today.
"It's just amazing."
Mr Canty has worked throughout lockdown as an engineer maintaining the water quality for hospitals and care homes in central London.
Anthony took the day off work while the news sank in and they celebrated with a bottle of Prosecco in the garden before sharing the news with friends and family.
Mr Canty plans to continue in his job, which usually involves a commute by train in to London and taking the Tube, though in recent weeks he has been catching an earlier service so there is less contact with other people.
"I do know that I'm not giving up work, I like it and I'm proud of what we do so I'm definitely not giving that up," he said.
"Although I will be taking some time off when it's safe to fly again so we can take the girls to Disneyland.
"We may think about moving to a new house in the future but our main priority is to invest the money wisely so that our girls will be financially secure."
Mr Canty is the 100th high-tier National Lottery winner to be paid out since lockdown started, classed as a win of £50,000 or more.
He bought his winning EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker ticket at The Tolleyshop in Spital Road in Maldon, and the winning draw happened on May 5.
