GRIPPED by severe chest pains, a pensioner suffering a heart attack pulled into a petrol station, ripped off his sweat-soaked shirt and shouted for help. Now Les Paternoster wants to meet the Good Samaritan who saved his life on the forecourt - so he can say thank you.

GRIPPED by severe chest pains, a pensioner suffering a heart attack pulled into a petrol station, ripped off his sweat-soaked shirt and shouted for help.

The drama on the forecourt of the Shell petrol station in Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, brought a mystery Good Samaritan running to help.

But all Les Paternoster knows of the man, who probably saved his life by driving him to hospital, is that he is a dentist.

Now Mr Paternoster, 68, is desperate to find and thank the Good Samaritan.

His son Paul, 35, from Walnuts Lane, Wickham Market, said: "We don't know anything about him except that he was a dentist, but there is no doubt that he helped to save dad's life."

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