A French doctor recounted the details of the last moments in the life of the late Princess Diana, who will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of her death next Wednesday.
The Associated Press says Diana was smashed on the floor of a distorted Mercedes, unconscious and struggling to breathe, and the equine doctor had no idea who she was, and focused on trying to save her..
Twenty-five years later, Frederic Miles is still reeling from what happened in the Alma tunnel in Paris on August 31, 1997, and the realization that he was one of the last people to see Princess Diana alive..
In an interview with The Associated Press, the doctor said: “I know my name will always be attached to that tragic night.” Miles was on his way home from a party when he passed by the accident. And they add: I feel a little responsible for her last moments.
As Britain and Diana’s fans around the world mark the quarter-century anniversary of her death, Miles recalled the aftermath of the accident. That night, the doctor was driving through the tunnel when he found a smoky Mercedes that almost split in two.. He says: I walked towards the wreckage, opened the door and looked inside.. I found four people, two of whom seemed to be already dead, there is no reaction. or breathe. While the other two on the right side were still alive but in serious condition.
The front passenger was screaming and breathing. He could have waited several minutes. But the passenger, the young lady, was on her knees on the floor of the car with her head down, finding it hard to breathe and needed quick help..
The doctor ran to his car to call for an emergency and fetched a respiratory bag. Diana was unconscious. Thanks to that bag, she regained some energy a bit but she couldn’t say anything.
The doctor later found in the news, with the rest of the world, that the woman he had treated was Britain’s national treasure and admired by millions, Princess Diana. He says he knows it was surprising, but he doesn’t recognize Princess Diana.
Someone behind him told him that the victims spoke English, so he started talking to them and saying he was a doctor. While he was working, he saw the lights of the photographers’ lenses who gathered to document the incident.