Michael Lyster has revealed how he was given the kiss of life by his wife Anne when he collapsed at his home last Friday week.
In an interview with the Sunday World, the long-time presenter of RTE's Sunday Game says he was kept alive by his wife, who gave him CPR as she waited for an ambulance to arrive at their south Dublin home.
The 61-year-old Galway native, who has suffered from a heart condition for a number of years, collapsed from major cardiac arrest, but is now thankfully recovering in St. Vincent's Hospital.
"I remember walking towards the front door and opening it and that is all," the popular sports anchor recalled.
"If it wasn't for a set of circumstances I would not be here today. I would have been gone. I would have kicked the bucket. But instead I am alive.
"The number of people who have been texting me is astonishing, even people I only half know and haven't heard from in years."
He added: "I am not a religious person but I suppose I would be spiritual.
"When something like this happens you are left with no doubt in your mind that there is a thin line between dying and surviving. And you have to wonder about these things. You have to think 'it just wasn't your time'.
Anne, who has been married to Michael for 30 years, said:"His heart stopped beating, his face was blue."
Darragh Maloney is expected to deputise once again for Lyster on the Sunday Game live show this afternoon.
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