Firefighter reveals Princess Diana’s final moments before her death

A firefighter who was the first one to arrive at Princess Diana’s car crash site in Paris, has revealed the final moments before her death. The firefighter, identified as Xavier Gourmelon, 50, also revealed how he thought he had saved her life by giving her CPR moments after her fatal car crash.

In a tell-all interview Gourmelon revealed that the princess was still alive and conscious when he pulled her out of the wrecked car, only to suffer a cardiac arrest as she was placed gently on a stretcher.

He said that as a first responder, he was trained in resuscitating her after the attack and when her heart started beating again, he was sure that she would survive.

However, he was devastated when he later found out that the princess had passed away at 4 am in the hospital despite the doctors’ efforts to revive her.

Gourmelon said that initially he had no idea that he was treating the princess and that it was her at the crash site. He said that him and his ten-man team were the first to reach the crash scene inside the Pont de l’Alma tunnel, close to the Malar fire station where he was duty officer.

He further added, “The car was in a mess and we just dealt with it like any road accident. We got straight to work to see who needed help and who was alive. ‘Diana said to me, My God, what’s happened?’

“The woman, who I later found out was Princess Diana, was on the floor in the back. She was moving very slightly and I could see she was alive. I could see she had a slight injury to her right shoulder but, other than that, there was nothing significant. There was no blood on her at all,” he said.

“I held her hand and told her to be calm and keep still, I said I was there to help and reassured her. She said, ‘My God, what’s happened?’ I gave her some oxygen and my team and I stayed by her side as she was taken out of the car. It was very quick because we didn’t have to cut any of the wreckage,’’ added Xavier.

But moments later the stricken princess stopped breathing and he had to resuscitate her and later shifted her to the ambulance.

Gourmelon said that he could not talk about the incident to the media while he was in service as a firefighter, but now that he has left that job, he felt the need to disclose these details to the world.

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