Manchester United Captain Bruno Fernandes Aids Unwell Passenger During Flight (image-instagram/brunofernandes8)
The Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes on Sunday after winning heart on the field, became a hero off the pitch as well after rescuing a fainting passenger on board a plane.
Susanna Lawson who was sitting on the row behind Fernandes on the flight to Lisbon while speaking to UK outlet Business Cloud said that she had witnessed a moment the midfielder caught a man who appeared to have collapsed. She said Fernandes called for help and stayed with the man for a few minutes before air stewards attended to the passengers.
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“At some point during the flight, Bruno got up and went to the back, presumably to the toilet. After a couple of minutes, we heard: ‘Can we get help? We need help. Can we get some assistance?’” Lawson said.
Recalling the incident, Susanna said when they turned back they saw Bruno holding the man who had passed out. “The other stewards went running up the plane to help and luckily there was a spare seat right at the back, so they all got the gentleman into the seat. Bruno stayed with him, for, I think – I lost track of time – five or 10 minutes.”
Commenting on the midfielder’s composure during the incident, she said, “What an absolutely lovely man. He did it and didn’t make a big deal out of it. [The air stewards] just called for help and help came.”
After landing in Portugal, Susanna made her way to Manchester captain and his teammate Diogo Dalot and thanked her for helping the unwell passenger. “I basically said to Bruno: ‘What you did back there was really lovely, it was great that you were there to be able to help,” she said. “The ridiculous thing is is we’re a blue family – we support Manchester City,” she said.
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The incident occurred when Fernandes, who had scored one goal and made way to two more in United’s 3-0 Premier League victory over Leicester City on Sunday, was travelling to Portugal to join the squad for their National League matches against Polland and Croatia.
