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A hero teenager saved a dad's life by performing CPR when he suddenly keeled over on a commuter train - and she was only on board out of pure luck.
Alanah Dunstan, 18, had forgotten it was a public holiday in Perth, Western Australia last Thursday for the death of the Queen and mistakenly travelled into work.
As she returned home on the train, she noticed fellow passenger Gustavo Berna, 45, had started breathing heavily.
Mr Berna - who was suffering a heart attack - collapsed as Ms Dunstan rushed to intervene.
Ms Dunstan told Daily Mail Australia she had a strong feeling the man had a family, which pushed her to do her best to save him.
'I thought about how I needed to get this man back to his family, I could tell he was a family man,' Ms Dunstan said.
Alanah Dunstan, 18, (pictured) said she somehow knew the stranger was a family man: 'I had this strong feeling, I could just imagine it'
The disability worker, trained in senior first aid, called for someone to ring triple-0 and to alert the train driver after Mr Berna collapsed
Ms Dunstan (pictured) said she and another girl on the train rushed to help the father of one after he fell over half-way through her journey home
'I had this strong feeling, I could just imagine it.'
Ms Dunstan said she and another girl on the train rushed to help the father of one after he fell over half-way through her journey home.
The disability worker, trained in senior first aid, called for someone to ring triple-0 and to alert the train driver.
Once they realised the stranger had no pulse, she started CPR.
Ms Dunstan said she understood the gravity of what she was doing as she fought to save his life.
'I was crying, I
