A Welsh father who woke up paralysed was saved by friends in the US after they saw his desperate pleas for help on Facebook and called paramedics.
Peter Casaru, 59, woke up in agony on September 25 when a back spasm left him unable to move his legs.
The south Wales resident was unable to call an ambulance because his mobile phone battery was dead, so spent an hour crawling three metres to his laptop where he began posting calls for help on his Facebook page.
"Can someone call 999 ambulance for me, i need one now, " he wrote.
Mr Casaru, who was not wearing his reading glasses, wrote in jumbled text that he had fractured his back and was stuck on the floor typing.
Mr Casaru's friends in New York and Vancouver saw his messages, calling paramedics who arrived at his house in Brecon only 20 minutes later.
The 59-year-old was given emergency treatment in hospital and doctors said the spinal spasm could have killed him.
He has since returned home where he is recovering using crutches, and still thanking his friends on Facebook.
"Just a big thanks to everyone who helped me last week when I needed ambulance, you were all fabulous friends, thank you from the heart. Really," he said yesterday.
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