A heartbroken husband has told of the distress of hearing his wife die on the other end of the phone while he was stuck thousands of miles away on an Indonesian oil rig.
Offshore supervisor Darron Smith, 35, was helpless to act as Anna slipped away in a Shetland hospital from a previously undiagnosed heart condition.
He was on the phone to Anna's mum as medics battled in vain to save the 37-year-old mum-of-one.
Darron told the Sunday Mail: "I heard Carolyn, say "Is she gone?" and the medical team confirming it.
"It was distressing, but comforting to be there, albeit thousands of miles away at the end of the phone."
"I take comfort in being with Anna in her last moments".
It took five flights and two days for Darron to finally make it back home after receiving the news.
During that time he researched dealing with small children and grief, so he could help their four-year-old Ava, cope with the sudden loss.
The family believe Anna may have had a ruptured valve in her heart.
The previously healthy dental nurse and carer was being prepared to be moved to the mainland for specialist treatment, but died within hours of being admitted to hospital on January 23.
Source - Mirror
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