A father brought back to life on the roadside when medics cut open his chest and squeezed his heart has relearned how to walk in time to accompany his daughter down the aisle.
Motorcyclist John O'Brien, 48, from Warrington, Cheshire, died on the tarmac when he collided with a car on a 50mph road - forcing emergency services to cut open his chest and massage his heart back to life.
The construction worker suffered a major cardiac arrest while paramedics tried to deal with his injuries including a shattered pelvis, fractured skull, broken back and wrist after the crash last October.
But father-of-one John - who was told by doctors no-one else in the world has ever survived the blunt trauma he suffered - defied all medical expectations, forcing his body to relearn how to walk in time to be able to accompany his daughter, Amy, 26, down the aisle earlier this month.
Father-of-one John O'Brien from Cheshire learned how to walk again unaided, in time to accompany his daughter, Amy, 26, down the aisle in May
John was told by doctors that no-one else in the world has survived the blunt trauma he suffered, with surgeons forced to open his entire chest to save him
Biker of 20 years John, who will face two more operations in future, said: 'Throughout my recovery, I just kept thinking about how I wanted to be able to walk with Amy unaided.
'On the day of her wedding, I did it without my walking sticks and that was my goal all along.
John was delighted to walk his little girl down the aisle to meet future groom Jonny Evans, 26, IT Technician, at the wedding in Mesnes Park, Wigan, on May 11 - meaning there wasn't a dry eye in the house for more reasons than one.
'It was really emotional and it was absolutely mind blowing. I had to fight back the tears as soon as I saw her in her dress.'
Surgeons were forced to open John's chest on the side of the road and massage his heart back to life after his motorbike collided with a car
John and his partner Sandra, 52, were huge bike fans before he had his accident. He had to be brought back to life on the side of the road after hitting a car
He went on: 'I think all my family were shocked that I managed to do it. They are amazed that I'm even here, they call me the walking miracle.
Amy revealed: 'It was fantastic and highly emotional. He was determined to walk me down the aisle without his stick. He's worked really hard to get to the point that he's at now, it's just been sheer determination and hard work.'
'I was discharged from the trauma ward after three months and transferred to a rehabilitation unit where they kept telling me I would need to be for another four months.
'I told them "not a chance" and was out of there in four weeks.'
John had been riding motorcycles for twenty years before his accident in Cheshire. He's now given up his bike
John was in an induced coma for two weeks after the accident at Aintree Hospital in Liverpool, with injuries including a shattered pelvis, fractured skull, broken
