A WOMAN whose life was saved by air ambulance crews is putting on a fundraising event to thank them.

Hannah Chapman, 25, was 30 minutes from death when a tumour burst in her brain overnight in August last year.

Colleagues contacted Ms Chapman’s family when she did not turn up for work the next day, leading to her brother-in-law to kick down the door of her home to find her unresponsive.

Ambulance crews attended shortly afterwards and she was flown to Queen’s Hospital in Romford to undergo life-saving surgery.

The tumour was revealed to be cancerous and Ms Chapman was also diagnosed with terminal skin cancer.

While she does not know how long her life will be, Ms Chapman has drawn up a bucket list of things she wants to do.

It includes putting an event on to thank the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance for saving her.

Her charity day is due to be held at Heybridge Swifts Football Club on August 5, which will include a petting zoo, dozens of traditional stalls, oldies vs youngsters football match, food and a bar.

Ms Chapman said: “I never even knew I had a tumour in my brain, it was never discovered by any doctor or

medic.

“I’d been feeling absolutely fine in the weeks leading up to the burst, until the night before where I’d felt under the weather and went to bed.

“Next morning it had

burst and I was bleeding internally.

“Thankfully, after my sister and her husband found me, the paramedics came very quickly and they identified all of the signs to know I was in trouble.

“After the surgery, they told me had I been found 30 minutes later I wouldn’t have survived.

“While my life has been shortened now because of the cancer, these people saved my life, and I owe them so

much.

“I knew I wanted to put on something big to thank them. I want to raise as much money as I can to help them continue to save people’s lives.”

Ms Chapman now lives with her father in Colchester.

Her sister Laura Janes, 29, of Heybridge, is helping to plan the event.

Mrs Janes said: “The event has grown bigger than we ever could have imagined.

“We’ve already got so many entertainments confirmed and had some wonderful raffle prizes given by so many companies.

“While Hannah’s life will be much shorter now, at the moment she’s happy and healthy and has lots of things she wants to do, this event was top of her bucket list.

“We recently lost our mother from the same condition, Hannah sadly has the same gene.

“But she’s going to do some wonderful things while she’s still with us.

“We welcome anyone who wants to help, donate or get involved in the event.”

To help, email hannah.chapman2@hotmail.co.uk.