A top female rugby player who lost a loved one to a sudden heart attack has been trying to get a life-saving defibrillator app developed ever since.
Savannah Ledsam has spoken about the pain of losing a loved one to a sudden heart attack in the wake of Christian Eriksen’s shocking collapse.
Her brother Mason Ah-Mun, 21, was found slumped just yards from his home in Cardiff last March.
The family have since been raising money to fund an app called MAS-app (Moving Around Safely) that will help people locate their nearest defibrillator.
Savannah said: “Not being there and seeing what happened to Mason, and then seeing the football and knowing that’s what he went through, it’s unimaginable.
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“We used to call him the gentle giant because he was tall and he’d do anything for anyone.”
21-year-old Mason, described as a “fit and healthy lad” who loved playing football, collapsed just yards from his home on March 11, 2020 and was found by a passer by who called an ambulance.
Despite the best efforts of paramedics at the Welsh Ambulance Service, he was pronounced dead before he had even reached the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.
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Mason’s mum, Maxine, has put her efforts into starting an app called MAS-app (Moving Around Safely) that will help people locate their nearest defibrillator - the device medics used to save Eriksen’s life in front of the watching world.
“Mason always talked about wanting to think of an app that would make him a millionaire,” adds Savannah.
“We’ve been raising money for that online, people have been doing stuff to help.”
A JustGiving page set up earlier this year has already surpassed its target and continues to raise funds.
• To donate please visit justgiving.com/crowdfunding/verity-tucker
The Mirror is currently campaigning to make defibrillators a legal requirement in public places.
