An emotional Fabrice Muamba returns to White Hart Lane for the first time since suffering a cardiac arrest there on 17th March 2012 while playing for Bolton against Tottenham Hotspur in an FA Cup quarter final tie.
It was amazing that a heart doctor Tottenham Hotspur supporter on his day off was in the stands. He ran onto the pitch to give assistance. God bless our NHS.
+Logia Theories Arsenal fans have hearts and you know Arsenal and Tottenham only hate each other when they are playing a match against Tottenham or Arsenal.
@@logiatheories2576 you hate us more than we do because we bribed the officials and we stayed up and you got relegated because of that. Thats how the rivalry started in the 1900s
This is why I respect Spurs because on that day they were absolutely incredible in a really testing time for Bolton fans and in that moment petty rivalry meant absolutely nothing as the entire football world was behind them. That's why it's called White Heart Lane because of the London Chest Hospital that saved his live. Respect guys.
Not just Spurs. I'll bet anybody in that situation would have done the same. Football get an unjustifiably bad reputation. When you get past the rivalries, even the worst, there is mutual respect and honour. Look at the Sunderland fans who started the fundraising for the Newcastle fans who died in the plane crash over Eastern Ukraine.
Matt Mason Almost all petty footballing rivalries are put aside when it comes down to it. I support Birmingham City, and I was praying for good news when Stiliyan Petrov was diagnosed with Leukemia. I was gutted for Benteke when he got injured and was unable to play in the last World Cup. Football means nothing when real lives are at risk, or when someone misses out on something that might just be a once in a lifetime thing.
I had a heart attack while playing but fortunately it wasn't as serious. We had just kicked off and I ran a few steps, felt dizzy and nauseous, and started a cold sweat. I made it to the sideline and laid down. I didn't know what was happening but I definitely didn't think I was in cardiac arrest. I didn't really have any chest pain or pain in my arm that you typically see associated with heart attacks. It wasn't until I had a heart catherization procedure a few weeks later that I found out what had happened. I was shocked to learn that I had a heart attack before I was 30. While I was playing in college a friend of mine chased down a ball and collapsed. He immediately lost consciousness and never woke up. He died from an undiagnosed heart condition before he made it to the hospital. He was living with his Uncle and Aunt because the rest of his family was still in Nigeria. We couldn't reach them on the phone so I drove to their house. Telling them that Freddy was rushed to hospital and to get there as soon as possible was one of the most difficult things I have ever had to do because even though none us knew definitively that he had passed, we were all pretty sure that he was gone. We were both in great shape and it's scary to think that this could happen to anybody at anytime. Freddy had just run a full marathon the week before. I was running everyday, playing soccer multiple times a week as well as playing football and softball. Muamba was fortunate that there was an incredible team of medics and a cardiologist in the stands that was able to lend his expertise. The outcome could have been very different.
I was at this game and everything kind of paled into insignificance after seeing him come out. It was incredibly emotional - fans around me were crying tears of joy and it's very probably the highlight of all the Spurs games I've seen live. I've never heard an ovation like it - it made my spine tingle and it still does, every time I see the video.
Such a wonderful show of respect, for a truly remarkable young lad. Fabrice has gained respect throughout the footballing world and at White Hart Lane especially. His courage is/was immense and it was just an amazing, rousing, crescendo of applause to witness this. Thank you for the upload.
even though incidents like this are extremely depressing, they are needed to UNITE all of us together. These moments bring us back down to earth and make us realise we are all connected !
the fact that he walked to the spot under his own power within less than a year speaks volumes to the incredible medical staff. bravo to everyone involved in his recovery, especially to Fabrice himself.
This is why i love football. a beautiful moment in this stadium. this MAN deserved that aftre all he passed. Great video, an happy one, like Muamba deserves :)
Hes an amazing inspiring player and will be remembered in english football forever, This prooves that to 20th centry medical are outstanding RESPECT TO FABRICE FROM A VILLA FAN
i was so scared when i saw him on the pitch, it reminded me of a school mate suffered the same but sadly didn't make it. fabrice is an amazing person and to come back from such a medical problem is fantastic. he is doing so much now to get schools in the UK to teach first aid and to have difibs in too. much love from a liverpool fc fan Fabrice YNWA
Gives me goosebumps every time I see this. He's such a likeable, down to earth guy, it's a shame that anything like this happens to anybody, but for it to happen to someone like fabrice is a massive shame
How sad that even a video of such an emotional and beautiful moment has comments of childish point-scoring and name calling totally missing the whole point of the video itself...
they are applauding as load as they can at the end of the day he is still alive thats what most people are glad about so who gives two how loud it is because its a applause
Heart attack is a blockage of the heart, cardiac arrest is an irregular/halted rhythm, and a heart attack can lead to a cardiac arrest. The two are often used interchangeably, but shouldn't be, since they are different. A heart attack can lead to a cardiac arrest, or a cardiac arrest can occur on its own. Fabrice Muamba suffered cardiac arrest.
Great to watch. I just hope he can find another career path beyond professional football. It must be excruciatingly difficult to retire as a promising 24 year old, but I suppose it's less difficult to make that decision when the continuation of your life is due to a medical marvel.
It was caused by a heart disease called HCM which thickens the myocardium of the heart and with athletes it's generally only a matter of time before the heart begins to struggle and ultimately fail. Unfortunately with HCM there is no real cure and from that point on if he were to keep on playing he'd never have been the same player. Cannot blame him for a single second for choosing spend his days with his wife and kid. BTW Spurs were absolutely incredible that day.
Because he died on the very same pitch for a few moments and was revived by physioes from both teams before being taken to hospital, with the supportive and respectful chants and applause of everyone there, regardless of shirt or skin colour, behind him. And EVERYONE rejoiced in his recovery. Now tell me where I can get some weed and stop posting ignorant comments... ;-) x
That's not true, they are different. A heart attack is when the blood supply to the heart is interrupted when one or more of the coronary arteries is blocked. A cardiac arrest is when the heart function ceases abruptly and without warning, usually caused when the electrical impulses in the heart become rapid or chaotic or both. Basically, the heart is still beating during a heart attack, during a cardiac arrest it is not. In some cases a heart attack may lead to cardiac arrest.
