A teen runner ‘died for 90 minutes’ during a marathon but was miraculously brought back to life.
Jiri Marzi got lost on a mountain marathon route and went into cardiac arrest for around an hour and half.
In freezing conditions, the 18-year-old collapsed on a ridge beside the trail in his soaking wet T-shirt and shorts.
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Jiri suffered with hypothermia, which allowed rescuers to resuscitate him without harm after his heart stopped beating for 90 minutes.
He was at an altitude of around 6,562ft (2,000m) and had a critically-low body temperature of 21 degrees Celsius.
Jiri, a pianist and student at a music school in Griante, collapsed during the Lake Como Marathon Trail in northern Italy on 27 September.
He spent six days on a life-support machine, nine days in intensive care, two weeks in hospital, and a month in rehabilitation, as reported by Need To Know.
Jiri returned to school last week.
He met his rescuers along with several government officials at the Lombardy Building in Milan on Monday.
Members of the Search and Rescue team returned the number 7 bib he was wearing the day he collapsed.
Jiri said: “If I’m here, it’s all thanks to them.”
The teen’s exceptional clinical case will be the subject of a conference at the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo on 10 January next year.
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