Radio presenter saves live while on Air

The TalkRADIO presenter, Iain Lee, saved life of a man with suicidal tendencies, while on air. The man Chris had contacted Iain during a LIVE show and said that he had taken an overdose an hour back and was dying in the street.

Chris said he wanted to keep talking and answered Iain’s questions about his feelings. During the interaction Iain was able to find Chris’s exact location and also get details on what Chris was wearing. While Iain kept Chris on the line for half an hour, producer Katherine Boyle contacted emergency services to get help to Chris.

“Tell you what, Chris – I don’t want you to die tonight. I need to know what street you’re on. I want you to get through tonight and chat to me tomorrow, when you haven’t got a load of drugs in you,” he told the man.

“I don’t want you to die tonight because I love you. I love you, brother. I love you.” Iain continued.

Iain burst into tears when a police officer contacted him and told that she was there to deal with the situation.

later Ian posted the incident on Twitter

“Tonight we took a call from a man who had taken an overdose. He was lying in a street in Plymouth, dying, We managed to keep him online, get a description of what he looked like and was wearing, work out where he was and send an ambulance and police to him.”