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Bringing Fabrice back from the dead Bringing Fabrice Muamba back from the dead
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On 17 March 2012, Shauna Muamba was watching her fiancé play football on television, with her three-year-old son Joshua. “I was here, in this house,” says Shauna, curled up on the sofa in their home in Wilmslow, Cheshire. “My mum was ironing. Josh said: ‘Mummy, Daddy is frozen.’”On 17 March 2012, Shauna Muamba was watching her fiancé play football on television, with her three-year-old son Joshua. “I was here, in this house,” says Shauna, curled up on the sofa in their home in Wilmslow, Cheshire. “My mum was ironing. Josh said: ‘Mummy, Daddy is frozen.’”
Shauna’s fiancé, Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba, had collapsed on the pitch at White Hart Lane. Around the world millions more were watching the FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur. “My mum said: ‘He’s probably fainted.’ And I said: ‘No he’s not.’ I could tell it was more serious. I just instinctively knew it was really bad. Then my phone started ringing off the hook. My best friend called me. Fabrice’s agent called me. I was incoherent, I was crying so much.”Shauna’s fiancé, Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba, had collapsed on the pitch at White Hart Lane. Around the world millions more were watching the FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur. “My mum said: ‘He’s probably fainted.’ And I said: ‘No he’s not.’ I could tell it was more serious. I just instinctively knew it was really bad. Then my phone started ringing off the hook. My best friend called me. Fabrice’s agent called me. I was incoherent, I was crying so much.”
Shauna, 29, is outgoing and vivacious, but as she remembers that day her voice drops low and soft. Her husband Fabrice, three years younger than her, sits behind her, his arm resting protectively on the back of the sofa. “I remember speaking to Dean, Bolton’s player liaison officer. I’ll never forget it. I said: ‘Is he alive or dead?’ He said: ‘I don’t know. I don’t want to tell you anything, Shauna, because I don’t know.’” She pauses for a deep intake of breath, as though absorbing the information all over again.Shauna, 29, is outgoing and vivacious, but as she remembers that day her voice drops low and soft. Her husband Fabrice, three years younger than her, sits behind her, his arm resting protectively on the back of the sofa. “I remember speaking to Dean, Bolton’s player liaison officer. I’ll never forget it. I said: ‘Is he alive or dead?’ He said: ‘I don’t know. I don’t want to tell you anything, Shauna, because I don’t know.’” She pauses for a deep intake of breath, as though absorbing the information all over again.
In the stadium, Bolton and Tottenham players had begun crying as medical staff stood over Fabrice’s body, administering CPR. Seven minutes passed before Fabrice was rushed down the tunnel on a stretcher and into an ambulance with a heart specialist who happened to be in the crowd that day and, incredibly, had persuaded stewards to let him on to the pitch. (Later Dr Andrew Deaner’s contributions would be credited with playing a key role in saving Fabrice’s life.)In the stadium, Bolton and Tottenham players had begun crying as medical staff stood over Fabrice’s body, administering CPR. Seven minutes passed before Fabrice was rushed down the tunnel on a stretcher and into an ambulance with a heart specialist who happened to be in the crowd that day and, incredibly, had persuaded stewards to let him on to the pitch. (Later Dr Andrew Deaner’s contributions would be credited with playing a key role in saving Fabrice’s life.)
Referee Howard Webb called off the match as Bolton manager Owen Coyle and captain Kevin Davies accompanied Muamba to the London Chest Hospital. For 78 minutes that afternoon, Fabrice Muamba’s heart did not beat. The Bolton midfielder was technically dead. And Shauna, his fiancée, was already racing to London on a train to be with him. She would not return home for 41 days.Referee Howard Webb called off the match as Bolton manager Owen Coyle and captain Kevin Davies accompanied Muamba to the London Chest Hospital. For 78 minutes that afternoon, Fabrice Muamba’s heart did not beat. The Bolton midfielder was technically dead. And Shauna, his fiancée, was already racing to London on a train to be with him. She would not return home for 41 days.
Both Fabrice and Shauna crossed continents at an early age. Fabrice, born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, arrived in the UK aged 11, after his father sought political asylum, and he grew up in Walthamstow, east London. His family prioritised education over football, and Fabrice got 10 GCSEs before signing with Arsenal’s academy. Shauna, born in Leamington Spa to a Zimbabwean father and a Jamaican mother, had moved to rural Jamaica at the age of eight, returning at 18 to pursue her dream of studying for a doctorate.Both Fabrice and Shauna crossed continents at an early age. Fabrice, born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, arrived in the UK aged 11, after his father sought political asylum, and he grew up in Walthamstow, east London. His family prioritised education over football, and Fabrice got 10 GCSEs before signing with Arsenal’s academy. Shauna, born in Leamington Spa to a Zimbabwean father and a Jamaican mother, had moved to rural Jamaica at the age of eight, returning at 18 to pursue her dream of studying for a doctorate.
Watching them together in their modest home, there is something magnetic about the Muambas. When they are not absorbed by sombre facts and memories, they are doubled over laughing.Watching them together in their modest home, there is something magnetic about the Muambas. When they are not absorbed by sombre facts and memories, they are doubled over laughing.
The pair met in a student nightclub eight years ago in Birmingham, where Fabrice was on loan from Arsenal. It was the night after a game. “I was in the VIP area,” says Fabrice, looking at Shauna and grinning mischievously, “and she wasn’t.”The pair met in a student nightclub eight years ago in Birmingham, where Fabrice was on loan from Arsenal. It was the night after a game. “I was in the VIP area,” says Fabrice, looking at Shauna and grinning mischievously, “and she wasn’t.”
“Er… VIP?” says Shauna. “This ‘VIP’ area – can you put in those quotation marks when you write this, please? – was not all that. It was a student nightclub, you know – £1.50 shots.”“Er… VIP?” says Shauna. “This ‘VIP’ area – can you put in those quotation marks when you write this, please? – was not all that. It was a student nightclub, you know – £1.50 shots.”
Fabrice hid the fact that he was a footballer and lied about his age. “He told me his name was Marcus and said he was 21. Actually he was 18.” Fabrice rocks with laughter. “I was just young,” he says, protesting. Shauna shakes her head. “I actually thought he might be dodgy. He gave us all a lift home and he had an Audi A3 – bear in mind we’re all in uni, broke as anything; we’d take taxis and tell them to stop when our money ran out – and he says he’s a student?”Fabrice hid the fact that he was a footballer and lied about his age. “He told me his name was Marcus and said he was 21. Actually he was 18.” Fabrice rocks with laughter. “I was just young,” he says, protesting. Shauna shakes her head. “I actually thought he might be dodgy. He gave us all a lift home and he had an Audi A3 – bear in mind we’re all in uni, broke as anything; we’d take taxis and tell them to stop when our money ran out – and he says he’s a student?”
What did she like about him? Shauna softens. “I just liked the fact that he was tall. And he could dance as well.” Fabrice grins. “We danced the whole night and since then we’ve never been apart from each other. He said: ‘From now on, you’re exclusively mine.’” She wrinkles up her face in mock indignation.What did she like about him? Shauna softens. “I just liked the fact that he was tall. And he could dance as well.” Fabrice grins. “We danced the whole night and since then we’ve never been apart from each other. He said: ‘From now on, you’re exclusively mine.’” She wrinkles up her face in mock indignation.
When Fabrice told Shauna his real name and vocation, she didn’t care; she had no interest in football. They were soon living together, Shauna cooking for her boyfriend most days – Jamaican dishes and pondu madesu, a Congolese dish of cassava leaves and beans – and studying for her master’s at night. “We were inseparable,” says Fabrice, “though I think she didn’t like it when I said: ‘Can I just have some space? I need to focus on the game.’ She thought I was lying to her.”When Fabrice told Shauna his real name and vocation, she didn’t care; she had no interest in football. They were soon living together, Shauna cooking for her boyfriend most days – Jamaican dishes and pondu madesu, a Congolese dish of cassava leaves and beans – and studying for her master’s at night. “We were inseparable,” says Fabrice, “though I think she didn’t like it when I said: ‘Can I just have some space? I need to focus on the game.’ She thought I was lying to her.”
Fabrice was studying maths with the Open University while Shauna completed her master’s. She became pregnant during her final year of study, just as Fabrice was starting to make his name in football, helping Birmingham win promotion to the Premier League, and captaining the England Under 21s.Fabrice was studying maths with the Open University while Shauna completed her master’s. She became pregnant during her final year of study, just as Fabrice was starting to make his name in football, helping Birmingham win promotion to the Premier League, and captaining the England Under 21s.
The next season he moved to Bolton and wanted Shauna to stay home with the baby rather than pursue her own career. Shauna grew bored. So when Fabrice began complaining about Bolton’s food on away trips, Shauna started cooking him food to take with him, and soon Fabrice’s teammates were putting in their own orders. “Zat Knight, Nigel Reo-Coker, Kevin Davies… I was cooking them jerk chicken, rice and peas, curry goat, brown stew chicken.” The meals were so popular Shauna set up her own catering company, doing parties for Rio Ferdinand, Anderson and Ashley Young.The next season he moved to Bolton and wanted Shauna to stay home with the baby rather than pursue her own career. Shauna grew bored. So when Fabrice began complaining about Bolton’s food on away trips, Shauna started cooking him food to take with him, and soon Fabrice’s teammates were putting in their own orders. “Zat Knight, Nigel Reo-Coker, Kevin Davies… I was cooking them jerk chicken, rice and peas, curry goat, brown stew chicken.” The meals were so popular Shauna set up her own catering company, doing parties for Rio Ferdinand, Anderson and Ashley Young.
Then came the accident – and life changed forever. Fabrice says he cannot really remember what happened in the minutes leading up to his seizure. There was a dizziness – he thinks he saw two Scott Parkers before hearing defender Dedryck Boyata yell at him to get back. Then nothing. In an interview with friend and former footballer Jason Roberts, Fabrice watched the footage back for the first time. “To me it’s still like a movie,” he said then, “like I’m acting in a movie.” He hasn’t watched it again since. “I don’t think in my mind I’m ready to sit down and watch the accident again,” he says now. “Time is a healer, and maybe I’ll gain the strength to watch it again, but I think for now once is enough.”Then came the accident – and life changed forever. Fabrice says he cannot really remember what happened in the minutes leading up to his seizure. There was a dizziness – he thinks he saw two Scott Parkers before hearing defender Dedryck Boyata yell at him to get back. Then nothing. In an interview with friend and former footballer Jason Roberts, Fabrice watched the footage back for the first time. “To me it’s still like a movie,” he said then, “like I’m acting in a movie.” He hasn’t watched it again since. “I don’t think in my mind I’m ready to sit down and watch the accident again,” he says now. “Time is a healer, and maybe I’ll gain the strength to watch it again, but I think for now once is enough.”
It was Shauna who filled in the gaps when he regained consciousness three days later. “She told me and I didn’t believe her at first – until I saw my aunty and a doctor, a lot of people in my room. I thought: ‘Oh wow, these people are serious, then?’”It was Shauna who filled in the gaps when he regained consciousness three days later. “She told me and I didn’t believe her at first – until I saw my aunty and a doctor, a lot of people in my room. I thought: ‘Oh wow, these people are serious, then?’”
“He kept asking me again and again: ‘What happened?’” says Shauna. “Two minutes later he would ask the same question.”“He kept asking me again and again: ‘What happened?’” says Shauna. “Two minutes later he would ask the same question.”
“That was the drugs,” says Fabrice. “And his memory,” Shauna interrupts. “He still suffers from short-term memory loss now. Although sometimes it’s selective, when it’s taking the bins out…” They both grin.“That was the drugs,” says Fabrice. “And his memory,” Shauna interrupts. “He still suffers from short-term memory loss now. Although sometimes it’s selective, when it’s taking the bins out…” They both grin.
Shauna recalls those initial days in intensive care. “It’s 24-hour watch. Can you imagine? The closest person to you in your life – they’re sick, and you go to see them and there’s always someone hovering over you. Always. The first time I saw him, I’ll never forget, the nurse’s name was Elizabeth. She was stood up there on this stand, almost like a pulpit; they have a book where they write – I don’t know – medical stuff, I suppose. And someone has to be there 24 hours a day. So nothing I say or do with him is private. There’s always someone there. I kept thinking in my head: ‘Would you just go away? Give us some time. Give me a moment with my fiancé.’”Shauna recalls those initial days in intensive care. “It’s 24-hour watch. Can you imagine? The closest person to you in your life – they’re sick, and you go to see them and there’s always someone hovering over you. Always. The first time I saw him, I’ll never forget, the nurse’s name was Elizabeth. She was stood up there on this stand, almost like a pulpit; they have a book where they write – I don’t know – medical stuff, I suppose. And someone has to be there 24 hours a day. So nothing I say or do with him is private. There’s always someone there. I kept thinking in my head: ‘Would you just go away? Give us some time. Give me a moment with my fiancé.’”
For six weeks Shauna attended his bedside, reading psalms and praying. It was hard going. “I was trying to hold it together. My instinct was to start crying, then I remembered: OK, Joshua’s here. We had his Congolese family wailing. I said: ‘Look, you guys need to stop.’ My family thought I was having a nervous breakdown because I was acting so normal. But whether Fab made it or not, I had someone dependent on me – Josh couldn’t have Mum and Dad missing.” Joshua still talks about the incident. “He says: ‘I remember you were crying, Mum, and Daddy was poorly on the pitch.’ He remembers everything. Which is a bit sad, actually. I don’t want him to remember it like that.”For six weeks Shauna attended his bedside, reading psalms and praying. It was hard going. “I was trying to hold it together. My instinct was to start crying, then I remembered: OK, Joshua’s here. We had his Congolese family wailing. I said: ‘Look, you guys need to stop.’ My family thought I was having a nervous breakdown because I was acting so normal. But whether Fab made it or not, I had someone dependent on me – Josh couldn’t have Mum and Dad missing.” Joshua still talks about the incident. “He says: ‘I remember you were crying, Mum, and Daddy was poorly on the pitch.’ He remembers everything. Which is a bit sad, actually. I don’t want him to remember it like that.”
When Fabrice was finally allowed home, the first thing he did was take a long hot shower. “I was in the shower for, what, 30 minutes? Just standing there letting the water run down,” he says.When Fabrice was finally allowed home, the first thing he did was take a long hot shower. “I was in the shower for, what, 30 minutes? Just standing there letting the water run down,” he says.
Then the craziness started. Even as he began the first steps of his recuperation, Fabrice was inundated with media requests. “He didn’t get a chance to sit down and think:‘Oh my God, my career, I nearly died here.’ It was just bam, bam, bam, bam.”Then the craziness started. Even as he began the first steps of his recuperation, Fabrice was inundated with media requests. “He didn’t get a chance to sit down and think:‘Oh my God, my career, I nearly died here.’ It was just bam, bam, bam, bam.”
Fabrice’s mother temporarily moved into the family home to help care for him, a PR team was hired to deal with the overwhelming interest, and Shauna tried to stay upbeat in a period she describes as “traumatic” for her fiancé. With each new devastating milestone – confirmation by two heart specialists that he would never play professional football again, that he would need a pacemaker fitted, that he would need to take beta blockers every day, that he would have to take care when exercising – Fabrice coped by distracting himself. On the day he flew home from the heart specialist in Belgium, he went straight to the Reebok Stadium to watch a pre-season friendly; on the day he announced his retirement from football, he began planning his wedding to Shauna.Fabrice’s mother temporarily moved into the family home to help care for him, a PR team was hired to deal with the overwhelming interest, and Shauna tried to stay upbeat in a period she describes as “traumatic” for her fiancé. With each new devastating milestone – confirmation by two heart specialists that he would never play professional football again, that he would need a pacemaker fitted, that he would need to take beta blockers every day, that he would have to take care when exercising – Fabrice coped by distracting himself. On the day he flew home from the heart specialist in Belgium, he went straight to the Reebok Stadium to watch a pre-season friendly; on the day he announced his retirement from football, he began planning his wedding to Shauna.
“Football’s been his life for a long, long time, and it still is,” Shauna explains. “I mean, he knows what colour tie the Sky Sports guys are wearing. It’s an integral part of his life.”“Football’s been his life for a long, long time, and it still is,” Shauna explains. “I mean, he knows what colour tie the Sky Sports guys are wearing. It’s an integral part of his life.”
Fabrice admits that there are occasions when the incident still haunts him. “I’ll watch something on TV and it comes into my memory. I wish things could have been different, but it’s something I can’t control. I’m just more grateful and thankful that I have my life. Would you prefer to be dead forever, or not play football?” he asks.Fabrice admits that there are occasions when the incident still haunts him. “I’ll watch something on TV and it comes into my memory. I wish things could have been different, but it’s something I can’t control. I’m just more grateful and thankful that I have my life. Would you prefer to be dead forever, or not play football?” he asks.
These days Fabrice is in the final year of a degree course in sports journalism, he has a part-time role with the Professional Footballers’ Association in its education department, and he often appears as a football pundit on TV. He also campaigns for defibrillators to be installed in supermarkets and schools around the country – and became a dad for the second time when Shauna gave birth to Matthew last June. She, meanwhile, has pursued a new career of her own.These days Fabrice is in the final year of a degree course in sports journalism, he has a part-time role with the Professional Footballers’ Association in its education department, and he often appears as a football pundit on TV. He also campaigns for defibrillators to be installed in supermarkets and schools around the country – and became a dad for the second time when Shauna gave birth to Matthew last June. She, meanwhile, has pursued a new career of her own.
Fabrice remembers the night a year ago when he heard strange noises coming from the kitchen at 1am. “I said to myself: ‘Someone’s in the house – we’ve been broken into.’ But what she does when she’s cooking, she puts her headphones on and sings out of tune. I come in the kitchen and all I can see are flasks with names on. I say: ‘What are you doing?’ She says: ‘I’m making sauce. I think I might have a business here.’”Fabrice remembers the night a year ago when he heard strange noises coming from the kitchen at 1am. “I said to myself: ‘Someone’s in the house – we’ve been broken into.’ But what she does when she’s cooking, she puts her headphones on and sings out of tune. I come in the kitchen and all I can see are flasks with names on. I say: ‘What are you doing?’ She says: ‘I’m making sauce. I think I might have a business here.’”
This month Shauna launched her own range of Caribbean cookery sauces, Mrs Muamba’s, which will be available both online and in supermarkets. Did the business come about from a pressure to earn money because Fabrice could no longer play? “No,” she says firmly. “I was running a business before, delivering food in my tracksuit and headscarf.” But the accident did change things for the family. “It made me take my business a lot more seriously,” Shauna says. “Whereas before it was almost a hobby, now it’s an investment. It’s all our own money – that makes it more real.”This month Shauna launched her own range of Caribbean cookery sauces, Mrs Muamba’s, which will be available both online and in supermarkets. Did the business come about from a pressure to earn money because Fabrice could no longer play? “No,” she says firmly. “I was running a business before, delivering food in my tracksuit and headscarf.” But the accident did change things for the family. “It made me take my business a lot more seriously,” Shauna says. “Whereas before it was almost a hobby, now it’s an investment. It’s all our own money – that makes it more real.”
The loss of Fabrice’s football wages, reportedly £35,000 a week at Bolton, dramatically altered the Muambas’ financial future. An insurance pay out eased the blow, as did savings from his playing days, but there was a significant adjustment to be made. “Sometimes football can be a cushion – at the end of every month you’re getting a cheque, so sometimes, I wouldn’t say you’re frivolous, but maybe you’re a bit more nonchalant than you should be or than you are if that cheque’s not coming in any more. So it made me get really serious and have a strategy in place to make it happen.”The loss of Fabrice’s football wages, reportedly £35,000 a week at Bolton, dramatically altered the Muambas’ financial future. An insurance pay out eased the blow, as did savings from his playing days, but there was a significant adjustment to be made. “Sometimes football can be a cushion – at the end of every month you’re getting a cheque, so sometimes, I wouldn’t say you’re frivolous, but maybe you’re a bit more nonchalant than you should be or than you are if that cheque’s not coming in any more. So it made me get really serious and have a strategy in place to make it happen.”
Watching Shauna’s entrepreneurial instinct develop, her husband has learned to appreciate her talents in a new way. “At university she’d say: ‘I need to get work done.’ But I didn’t see the benefit of it. She’s worked extremely hard and it’s paid dividends – from making the sauce to actually running the business. I can be nothing but proud of her. Now it’s about giving her the same support she gave me when I was on the pitch. Everybody has a perception about what a footballer or a footballer’s wife should be, but it’s all down to the individual. If you just want to be known as this person who dresses nice and goes to beautiful parties but maybe has nothing to offer…”Watching Shauna’s entrepreneurial instinct develop, her husband has learned to appreciate her talents in a new way. “At university she’d say: ‘I need to get work done.’ But I didn’t see the benefit of it. She’s worked extremely hard and it’s paid dividends – from making the sauce to actually running the business. I can be nothing but proud of her. Now it’s about giving her the same support she gave me when I was on the pitch. Everybody has a perception about what a footballer or a footballer’s wife should be, but it’s all down to the individual. If you just want to be known as this person who dresses nice and goes to beautiful parties but maybe has nothing to offer…”
Shauna jumps in. “Football is not just the Premier League, people forget that. It’s not just the famous ones, and even they can be very different from how they are portrayed in the media. People say to me: ‘You’re nothing like I expected you to be – you’re so normal.’ I just think: ‘What did you expect?’”Shauna jumps in. “Football is not just the Premier League, people forget that. It’s not just the famous ones, and even they can be very different from how they are portrayed in the media. People say to me: ‘You’re nothing like I expected you to be – you’re so normal.’ I just think: ‘What did you expect?’”
I ask how Joshua feels about his dad no longer being a Premier League star. Shauna shrugs. Wilmslow and the surrounding area is full of footballers: “It’s no big deal.” Was it harder for Fabrice? They both nod. Even now he still turns every single TV in the house on to Sky Sports so that he doesn’t miss a minute of football. “It’s an addiction,” says Shauna. “I want it in every room,” says Fabrice. “As long as I can hear it in the house I’m all right.”I ask how Joshua feels about his dad no longer being a Premier League star. Shauna shrugs. Wilmslow and the surrounding area is full of footballers: “It’s no big deal.” Was it harder for Fabrice? They both nod. Even now he still turns every single TV in the house on to Sky Sports so that he doesn’t miss a minute of football. “It’s an addiction,” says Shauna. “I want it in every room,” says Fabrice. “As long as I can hear it in the house I’m all right.”
“I admire how well he has dealt with losing football,” says Shauna quietly. “Obviously we’ve had glitches, but for the most part he’s carried on and he talks about how lucky he is to be alive as opposed to what he’s lost. He’s still here. They told me he could have been braindead or have the mental capacity of a two-year-old.” Fabrice stares at the sofa.“I admire how well he has dealt with losing football,” says Shauna quietly. “Obviously we’ve had glitches, but for the most part he’s carried on and he talks about how lucky he is to be alive as opposed to what he’s lost. He’s still here. They told me he could have been braindead or have the mental capacity of a two-year-old.” Fabrice stares at the sofa.
“There were never any pictures of Fabrice in a coma,” she says, “because I refused to allow anybody to take any pictures of him. I did not want anyone… If he didn’t make it, because it was quite a grim situation…”“There were never any pictures of Fabrice in a coma,” she says, “because I refused to allow anybody to take any pictures of him. I did not want anyone… If he didn’t make it, because it was quite a grim situation…”
Fabrice interrupts in a low voice. “Do I need to get changed?” he asks urgently, looking at Shauna, and his watch. Fabrice has a PFA meeting in London that afternoon.Fabrice interrupts in a low voice. “Do I need to get changed?” he asks urgently, looking at Shauna, and his watch. Fabrice has a PFA meeting in London that afternoon.
He does have to go. But maybe, too, he has heard enough, because the accident is over now. Whatever the difficulties presented in his aftercare, the memory loss, the daily medication, the regular doctor checks, there is the rest of life to be getting on with. A media career, a business, and two sons to bring up. Whatever happened in the past, the Muamba family has a future.He does have to go. But maybe, too, he has heard enough, because the accident is over now. Whatever the difficulties presented in his aftercare, the memory loss, the daily medication, the regular doctor checks, there is the rest of life to be getting on with. A media career, a business, and two sons to bring up. Whatever happened in the past, the Muamba family has a future.
Mrs Muamba’s sauces are available in supermarkets and online at mrsmuambas.co.ukMrs Muamba’s sauces are available in supermarkets and online at mrsmuambas.co.uk