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| SAS selection deaths: Recruit 'tried to save' hopeful | SAS selection deaths: Recruit 'tried to save' hopeful |
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| A recruit tried for two hours to save a colleague who had collapsed in "freaky" warm weather during an SAS selection march, an inquest has heard. | A recruit tried for two hours to save a colleague who had collapsed in "freaky" warm weather during an SAS selection march, an inquest has heard. |
| L/Cpl Craig Roberts, 24, of Conwy, died during the Brecon Beacons exercise in 2013, despite resuscitation attempts. | L/Cpl Craig Roberts, 24, of Conwy, died during the Brecon Beacons exercise in 2013, despite resuscitation attempts. |
| He was found lying on the ground convulsing, the West Midlands hearing was told. | He was found lying on the ground convulsing, the West Midlands hearing was told. |
| L/Cpl Edward Maher and Cpl James Dunsby died in hospital after collapsing while attempting the same march. | L/Cpl Edward Maher and Cpl James Dunsby died in hospital after collapsing while attempting the same march. |
| The soldier, known as 1D to protect his identity, said L/Cpl Roberts was lying down and vomiting when he found him before the last course checkpoint. | The soldier, known as 1D to protect his identity, said L/Cpl Roberts was lying down and vomiting when he found him before the last course checkpoint. |
| The reservist pressed his emergency button and shouted his name but there was no response. | The reservist pressed his emergency button and shouted his name but there was no response. |
| L/Cpl Roberts stopped breathing and his colleague began trying to resuscitate him before other recruits, responding to the emergency call, arrived after 20 minutes. | L/Cpl Roberts stopped breathing and his colleague began trying to resuscitate him before other recruits, responding to the emergency call, arrived after 20 minutes. |
| A medic performed a tracheotomy - a procedure in which a tube is inserted into the windpipe to help someone breathe - and fitted a drip. | |
| Reservist 1D told the hearing the recruits worked for "two hours to get him back", before it was agreed they should stop. | Reservist 1D told the hearing the recruits worked for "two hours to get him back", before it was agreed they should stop. |
| He said: "The weather was just a bit freaky that day… we weren't used to training in those conditions. I don't think fitness had anything to do with it. Craig was a really fit guy." | He said: "The weather was just a bit freaky that day… we weren't used to training in those conditions. I don't think fitness had anything to do with it. Craig was a really fit guy." |
| The hearing has previously been told the exercise took place on one of the hottest days of the year on 13 July 2013, with temperatures expected to hit 27C (80.6F). | The hearing has previously been told the exercise took place on one of the hottest days of the year on 13 July 2013, with temperatures expected to hit 27C (80.6F). |
| A second reservist, referred to as 1E, told the inquest he saw Cpl Dunsby during the exercise looking confused and lethargic. | |
| He said looking back, the symptoms could have been signs of heat illness, but said Cpl Dunsby did have enough food and water. | |
| He told the hearing he saw recruit 1D, trying to resuscitate L/Cpl Roberts before the last checkpoint. | |
| He said the area was known as "VW valley" - VW meaning "voluntary withdrawal" - reflecting the difficulty in crossing the area. | |
| The inquest continues. | The inquest continues. |