Bruno Fernandes has been praised after saving a passenger on an EasyJet flight from a medical emergency.
The Manchester United midfielder is on international duty with Portugal to prepare for a Nations League match at home against Poland on Friday and took a flight from Manchester to Lisbon along with teammate Diogo Dalot.
A passenger was then taken ill and “looked like he was passing out” before Fernandes stepped in.
Susanna Lawson, a passenger on the flight to Lisbon on her way to a web summit on business, said: “Bruno went to the loo at the back of the plane during the flight,” she said. “[We] suddenly heard a shout for assistance which those within hearing distance looked back, including us as we were toward the back.
“Bruno was holding a gentleman who looked like he was passing out. I don’t know if he lost consciousness or not.
“Someone else had seen the guy passing them looking like he might have been unwell.
“Members of the crew rushed to the back to help. There was a spare seat at the back which Bruno helped the gentleman to sit down on.
“He stayed at the back with them and made sure he was OK. It might have been about five to10 minutes and then he made his way back to his seat but again very unassuming. He wasn’t looking for any attention on himself.”
Once the crisis was averted, Lawson asked for a picture with Fernandes.
“He was very unassuming,” she told Business Cloud. “Unless you knew who he was you would never have known he was anyone special if you know what I mean.
“We were not sure whether to ask him for a selfie because of that. He didn’t mention Man Utd at all.
“When I asked him politely for a selfie as we were leaving the plane he was absolutely lovely and actually took the selfie himself.
“I praised him for looking after the ill passenger. Honestly if you didn’t know who he was you would have just thought he was any other passenger.”
Fernandes signed off Ruud van Nistelrooy’s interim spell in charge by scoring in United’s 3-0 win over Leicester at the weekend, on his 250th appearance for the club.
