A family have found the hero who saved their dad's life after he collapsed on his shop floor.
Hamid Khazaee was working at the Simply Grill pizza shop on Durham Road in Low Fell , Gateshead when he suffered a cardiac arrest and slumped behind the counter.
But a woman who was being served swooped in to help and performed CPR on him for 15 minutes until an ambulance arrived.
Hamid, 62, of Riding Mill, Northumberland , and his family issued an appeal to find the woman in a red spotty dress who saved his life as they wanted to say thank you.
The appeal was shared far and wide on social media and on ChronicleLive and the good Samaritan has now been found.
His daughter, Natasha, 27, of Hexham, said: "I just feel so happy that we have finally managed to find her.
"To be honest, I thought we might not be able to find her and there was a little bit of doubt in my head that we might not.
"So, I think I am just really happy."
Natasha has spoken to the woman, who she didn't want to name at the moment, over the phone.
She said: "We have spoken over the phone and we are going to meet at some point.
"She is going to meet my dad in the next few days. She was so lovely and humble, just very modest."
The incident happened at around 2am on Sunday, September 22 and Hamid was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital before being taken to the Freeman Hospital where he underwent heart surgery and had a stent fitted.
Doctors found a blockage in one of his main arteries and he was in intensive care for three day.
The woman comes from a medical background, she said, and was also helped by a friend who was a paramedic.
Natasha added: "We didn't know this at the time but she had a friend who works with the ambulance service who was with her and helped.
"We are just so grateful to her and the paramedic. We are just really happy to have been able to speak to her."
