A MACHINE to revive heart attack victims was presented to St Albans Girls' School yesterday by relatives of a local man in his memory.
The father and brother of Wayne Pope of Abbots Langley, who died of a sudden seizure in 2005, gave a defibrillator, a machine designed to restart a stopped heart, to the Sandridgebury Lane comprehensive in the hope that one day it will save a life.
John and Glynn Pope told staff and pupils how Wayne, who died within days of his 30th birthday, would have lived had a defibrillator been available.
Through an annual sponsored cycle and other events, their charity provides the machines, costing £1,500 each, to local schools so they are available for emergencies.
Earlier this month, St Albans man Anthony Taylor became the first to be saved by one of the fund's machines at Francis Combe School in Watford, where he teaches.
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