An 18-year-old Victoria University student has been hailed as a hero after he saved the life of a stranger on a busy Wellington street.
Neil Rudman, 18, was walking with friends on Courtenay Place, Wellington, last Friday night when he saw a man, Issac van Velthooven, 19, fall in front of him, Fairfax reported.
He had a cardiac arrest.
Mr Rudman immediately put the man into the recovery position and performed CPR while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.
"After a little while, he stopped breathing and I couldn't find a pulse.