E4's It's A Scouse Life star recalls harrowing near-death experience that made national headlines

Anthony Jacobs, 27, is 1 of the stars of the caller world TV show, but it isn't the archetypal clip he's appeared connected our screens

E4's newest world TV amusement deed screens for the archetypal clip earlier this week, showcasing 9 large personalities each navigating life, emotion and concern successful Liverpool.

It's A Scouse Life kicked disconnected with a bang connected Tuesday nighttime (November 12), serving up a hefty dose of drama, from swanky soirees to location hunting escapades, each culminating successful an explosive clash betwixt the show's pistillate leads, Melina and Georgia.

Among the cardinal formed is 27-year-old Anthony Jacobs, but it isn't his archetypal quality connected TV. He whitethorn look acquainted to immoderate arsenic helium captured hearts nationwide with his unthinkable endurance communicative connected Good Morning Britain backmost successful 2015.

When helium was aged 18, Anthony's regular shot league took a life-threatening crook erstwhile his bosom stopped. He collapsed and halt breathing, prompting a radical of 7 strangers to unreserved to his aid, reports the Liverpool Echo.

Sharing the harrowing details with GMB hosts Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid, Anthony reflected: "It was conscionable a mean greeting really. I enactment my kit on, we acceptable up the goals and past from that constituent connected it was each conscionable a blur."

Accompanying him connected the amusement were his mum Maxine Farah and Mike Pugh, a groundskeeper who performed CPR connected the young sportsman. Mike recounted: "When we travel implicit Anthony was conscionable lying connected the floor," adding starkly, "Straight distant we knew helium was dead. He was grey, helium was not responsive. One of our colleagues was performing CPR connected him and past we each virtually rallied circular and did a relay connected him."

Seven individuals tirelessly performed CPR connected him for implicit 30 minutes to support him alive. It wasn't until an ambulance arrived and restarted his bosom that helium was pulled backmost from the brink, but Anthony admitted helium didn't afloat travel astir "until a fewer days after" the harrowing event.

As elaborate by the Liverpool Echo astatine the time, Anthony subsequently had a defibrillator fitted and received the devastating quality that his shot and rugby days were over. This acquisition spurred him to backmost his mum's fundraising thrust aimed astatine ensuring defibrillators are accessible astatine amateur shot clubs and sports pitches.

It's A Scouse Life's aviator occurrence airs again connected November 15 astatine 8pm connected E4