An Angus cyclist hopes to soon be able to thank the “lovely man” who helped her after a serious accident in Dundee.
Speaking from her hospital bed after a horrific cycling accident, Deborah Miller said: “If he hadn’t stepped in, who knows what would have happened?”
And now she wants to personally thank her helper.
The 38-year-old from Barry, near Carnoustie, broke her arm in three places when she came off her bike somewhere around the docks cycle path in Dundee.
She has very little recollection of the accident as she lost consciousness but thankfully kind-hearted rescuer Jim Butchart found her and called an ambulance.
While she was rushed to Ninewells Hospital, Good Samaritan Jim even loaded up her bike and returned it to her partner.
She has spent the days since her accident in hospital but said she wants to thank her hero in person.
She said: “I have broken my arm in three places and had to have surgery to get pins and plates put in but I’m on the mend.
“I’m lucky I was wearing my helmet because it was badly cracked in the accident. It could have been my head.
“I actually don’t know what happened. I don’t think I was hit by a car, or that anyone else was involved. Maybe I passed out. I was cycling along through a grassy area.”
Deborah took to social media in an attempt to track down the mystery man, and got responses from his family and work colleagues.
She now hopes for a reunion when she leaves hospital later today.
She said: “I really hope he gets in touch. I just want to say thank you to him.”
Her partner Barry Ferguson said: “I got a text from her to say she was heading home from work just after 5pm.
“Then about 40 minutes later the paramedics called me to say she was on her way to hospital.
“They said there was a man who had waited with Deborah but when he arrived I was in a panic I didn’t even get his name.”
When contacted at work, Jim, a plumber from Fintry, played down his part in Deborah’s rescue.
He said: “I just did what anyone would have done in the circumstances. Deborah was out cold when we found her.
“There were two teenage boys trying to help but they were in a bit of a flap so I just stepped in to help out. They had already begun to call for an ambulance.”
Jim, his family and the boys all stayed with Deborah until the ambulance came.
She was able to tell Jim where she stayed so he decided to take her bike home for her.