Young Ross musician Ceri Bryant, a member of Monmouth Rowing Club and a trained First Responder, has harboured a dream of becoming a paramedic for many years. She was able to put all her learning into practice when she saved the life of retired engineer John Jones, of Lydney, a fellow member of Monmouth Rowing Club, who had suffered a near-fatal heart attack on the water. The 72-year-old collapsed at Monmouth Rowing Club but the care he received at the scene saved his life. Ceri, a former member of Ross Swimming Club, was relaxing after a row on the River Wye at Monmouth Rowing Club, when she realised something was up. She said: "I could see someone being given CPR on the landing stage and realised he wasn't breathing. "I sprinted through the underpass to the Leisure Centre for the defibrillator. It was about 200 yards each way and one of the staff, Dale Evans, had to help me carry it back to the club. "Mr Jones was still being given treatment so I used the machine to give him a shock and then the paramedics in the ambulance arrived and took over." First Responder Officer for South and East Wales Tony Rossetti said: "It was thanks to this team effort by the people at the scene, the First Responder and the paramedics that this gentleman is still alive." Now John Jones, a grandfather from Lydney, is just grateful that he'll live to row again: "Everyone did a fantastic job. They were at it for quite a while before I responded. I was pretty far gone. Even some of the doctors here can't believe I've come through." Ceri is training to be a music teacher but is still hoping to start a career as a paramedic. Her mother Susan who lives in Ross is very proud of her daughter. She said: "She has always been determined to help people but this was not the only event she had to cope with that week, days later her car was stolen and burnt out."