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by mark king, whose12—year—old son oliver suffered a sudden fatal cardiac arrest during a school swimming lesson in 2011. mark king told bbc breakfast that defibrillators had already saved many lives in schools. the defibrillators have already been used, not in the schools that we put in, but with the defibs we've put out ourselves as a foundation, we've actually saved 71 lives. so it does work, it will work. and hopefully our children won'tjust become a statistic, they can enjoy their lives. the philippines have produced the biggest upset of the women's football world cup so far, beating the co—hosts new zealand1—0. it's the philippines' first time at the competition, and their first victory. their manager said it was one of the biggest wins in the country's sporting history. thousands of fans have turned out to watch the lionesses train today — in their first session on australia's central coast
a moment more than ten years in the making. mark king announcing on breakfast that the government had agreed to put defibrillators in schools across england. he has worked tirelessly, all to honour his son. aged just 12, 0liver�*s heart stopped during a school swimming lesson in 2011. 0liver was kind, considerate, beautiful inside and out. as soon as you met him, you would fall in love with him. his reach was unbelievable. in 2013, mark presented an e—petition to parliament, leading the government to change its policy and advise schools to buy a defibrillator as part of their first aid equipment. then came the schools campaign. through the 0liver king foundation, mark has fitted thousands of defibs wherever they have been needed. and with the support of former liverpool defenderjamie carragher, last year, he asked the government to do the same.
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abs and pecs. i'm still working on trying to find the abs and the pecs and i never will look like him, unfortunately. but taking over the white line and he became a bit of an animal. you know, somebody who took no prisoners, who was a leader, who was a good friend. and, yes, i miss him. if it can hit someone of ugo's stature and fitness levels, then, you know, we have to do this. we have to get these defibs everywhere, so everybody knows where they are, everybody knows how to use them. it has been almost six months since danish player christian eriksen collapsed on the pitch at the euros. as his team—mates formed a protective ring around him, doctors shocked his heart back into life. terrifying scenes eerily similar almost a decade earlier. the crowd horrified as medics treated bolton midfielder fabrice muamba. his heart stopped for 78 minutes.
very optimistic, confident that we'll get a good result today off gavin. and what do you hope the outcome will be? hopefully legislation for schools and then full legislation to follow. that wherever you see a fire extinguisher in a public building, you've got fire extinguishers here. obviously there are defibs here already. wherever you see a fire extinguisher in a public building, a defib not farfrom it. we can't have a meeting about a meeting about a meeting that happened three months ago. it's an answer today, please. the fact these aren't in every school up and down the country, every sports centre, every building basically is a travesty really and hopefully we can change that. i think this has become even more prominent now on the back of what happened in the summer with christian eriksen. we all watched that. as i said, it really hit home — how important defibrillators are. hopefully, we can get what everybody wants. christian eriksen collapsed after suffering a cardiac arrest during the euros. he was treated with a defibrillator on the pitch and went on to recover. current legislation in england means defibrillators are put in place in new schools and those being refurbished. mark and jamie want
that wherever you see a fire extinguisher in a public building, you've got fire extinguishers here. obviously there are defibs here already. wherever you see a fire extinguisher in a public building, a defib not farfrom it. we can't have a meeting about a meeting about a meeting that happened three months ago. it's an answer today, please. the fact these aren't in every school up and down the country, every sports centre, every building basically is a travesty really and hopefully we can change that. i think this has become even more prominent now on the back of what happened in the summer with christian eriksen. we all watched that. as i said, it really hit home — how important defibrillators are. hopefully, we can get what everybody wants. christian eriksen collapsed after suffering a cardiac arrest during the euros. he was treated with a defibrillator on the pitch and went on to recover. current legislation in england means defibrillators are put in place in new schools and those being refurbished. mark and jamie want the education secretary, gavin williamson, to get it extended further. a seemingly positive meeting with a tweet of support. i think he is committed to what we're trying to do. he's got children himself.