‘I didn’t think I was being a hero, I just saw a man needed my help’: Off-duty nurse tells of dramatic moment she saved stabbing victim’s life

A HEROIC off-duty nurse who saved the life of a man stabbed in the street and left to die said she was in "nurse mode" as she jumped out of a car and rushed to perform CPR.

Abigail Bamber was driving back from a day out shopping in the city centre with a friend when she saw Edmund Sinanaj stumbling across the road.

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The staff nurse who was on a day off for her 26th birthday - which she celebrated two days earlier - got her friend to pull over and saw the man fall to the floor.

A video clip captured by an onlooker at the scene - that has since gone viral - shows Abigail on her knees giving CPR as the 41-year-old victim, who is covered in blood, gasps for breath.

Witnesses said the Mr Sinanaj died and was brought back to life as the mystery good Samaritan tended to him while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.

Heroic Abigail is thought to have treated the man for around five minutes before paramedics took over after being called to the scene at around 6.40pm on Monday.

Abigail, a nurse on a surgical ward at Bristol's Southmead Hospital, dismissed suggestions she was a hero and said she "just went into nurse mode".

Speaking from the ward where she works yesterday she said: "I was just driving down the road - my friend was driving - and we saw him stumbling across the road.

"Basically I noticed from a distance that he looked a bit distressed and as I got closer I could see that he was bleeding.

"I got my friend to pull over. I walked over to see if there was anything I could do.

"I noticed that obviously he was not in a very good way.

"By the time I got there he was already on the floor.

"It all went into a blur really."

A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the incident in Easton, Bristol.

The victim was rushed in a life-threatening condition to Southmead Hospital in the city following what cops describe as an "altercation" and remains in a critical but stable condition.

Other shocking photos show the victim with his jeans cut apart and hooked up to breathing apparatus as medics treat him.

Abigail, who lives in Bristol, added: "I waited around for a little bit to see if there was anything the police wanted to say or do, but I went home.

"I went to bed not too long afterwards because I felt absolutely exhausted.

"I think because my adrenaline was going I was on a bit of a comedown.

"I came into work today and I didn't know what had happened until then."

The man who filmed the video, who asked not to be named, said: "I didn't see the stabbing. We were driving past at the time.

"The man was walking around in the middle of the road and he collapsed.

"My friend performed CPR. It must have been for about five minutes until the ambulance got there.

"No one wanted to help at all but she helped within seconds. He was passing away but she kept it up.

"I don't know how he is getting on now but he would have died if she wasn't there.

"Everyone was doing their job so no one said anything to her, not even a thank you."

Dismissing claims her actions that day were heroic, Abigail added: "I think most nurses go into nursing because it is a vocation - not a job.

"When things like that happen, you immediately go into nurse mode.

"I can't speak for everyone, but I think you are a nurse, or you are not.

"I like to think it just comes a bit naturally in a way.

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"I didn't look at it as I was being a hero. I just saw a man needed my help.

"If he was on my ward I would do the exact same thing for him.

"I was in nurse mode. I don't think you ever shut that off."

The 26-year-old said her mum, also a trained nurse, immediately recognised her and called to express her pride when she saw the video online, while friends had been messaging to ask if it was her.

The young nurse worked in retail for a few months when she finished school before doing a degree in nursing at University of the West of England.

Incredibly she has been a qualified nurse for just three years.

Kozma Dhaskali, of Stapleton Road, appeared at Bristol Magistrates' Court charged with attempted murder.

He stood in the dock alongside an interpreter earlier today.

He denied the attempted murder of Edmund Sinanaj, 41, who is currently in hospital in an induced coma, the court heard.

Dhaskali's defence solicitor, Nicola Hutchinson, made no application for bail.

Jeremy Oliver, prosecuting, said in court that given the seriousness of the crime Dhaskali should not be bailed.

The incident occurred at Dhaskali's home where Mr Sinanaj had been visiting, the court heard.

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