Incredible rescue in Spain: French tourist, 90, is resuscitated twice on a Mallorca beach following sudden cardiac arrest

A 90-YEAR-OLD tourist has been dramatically rescued after collapsing on a beach in Mallorca.

The Frenchman suffered a a cardiorespiratory arrest on Playa de Muro on Tuesday afternoon (rescue operation pictured above).

The alarm was raised when fellow beachgoers saw the man collapse on the shore at around 4pm.

Several onlookers began shouting for help, sparking a lifeguard who was some 100m away into action.

The lifeguard raced to the scene and immediately began trying to resuscitate the tourist.

An ambulance and other paramedics soon arrived to help bring back his pulse.

While it came back for a few minutes, he then went back into cardiac arrest.

They continued to work on him and eventually his pulse returned and he regained his vital signs.

The nonagenarian was rushed to hospital where he continues to recuperate.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
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