A man told the Saville inquiry today how he gave the kiss of life to a father of six who lay dying on Bloody Sunday.
Mr Francis Duddy told the inquiry he came across the fatally wounded Mr Patrick Doherty as he fled the car park of the Rossville Flats where he had seen the injured Ms Peggy Deery and Mr Jack Duddy and witnessed his friend Mr Michael Bridge shot.
Mr Bridge and Mrs Deery survived the injuries they suffered in Derry on January 30th 1972 but 13 other men, including Mr Doherty and Mr Duddy - who was unrelated to the witness - were killed that day when paratroopers opened fire following a civil rights demonstration.
In his written statement to the tribunal, made public as he entered the witness box, he said he ran through a gap between the flats to find Mr Doherty (31) on the other side.
"I went over to him and gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and I remember rolling him over and seeing a bullet hole in his back, in the upper lung area."
Mr Duddy said Mr Doherty must have been shot where he lay by a bullet ricocheting off a wall of the flats.
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