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Firefighter Reveals Princess Diana’s Last Words 20 Years After Death

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Xavier Gourmelon was one of the French firefighters who was on duty at Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris where the fateful accident of Princess Diana took place. After 20 years of the accident, the French firefighter reveals the Princess’s last words in an interview with The Sun.

Gourmelon did not closely follow the British royalty news and hence did not recognize the Princess immediately. It was only after she was put into the ambulance that one of the paramedics revealed whom he had just helped. He took a peek inside and quickly recognized her.

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As per Gourmelon’s account, Princess Diana was very much conscious with her eyes open at the time he reached her. He spoke, “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.”
But as soon as she was put on a stretcher, she suffered a cardiac arrest. Gourmelon massaged her heart and was intent on saving her life. H hoped and believed she would survive the accident. In fact, he said, “To be honest, I thought she would live. As far as I knew when she was in the ambulance she was alive and I expected her to live. But I found out later she had died in the hospital. It was very upsetting.”

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Princess’s body guard was in the car and kept calling after her. The firefighters and paramedics on scene asked not to speak and move much. Gourmelon recalls, “But my team told him to keep calm and not speak. I told him that none of my men spoke English so it was better for him to keep still and not move. I told him not to worry we were looking after everyone.”
The reason he came out in the open with his account on the 20th death anniversary of the Princess was because he retired. Until he served as the firefighter, it was mandatory for him to not say anything about the incident to the media.

Click on the video below for Gourmelon’s account of the accident.

 

 

 

 

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