Brit dad critically ill after suffering heart attack swimming off Magaluf coast
Mike Knight, 49, was on his first ever holiday abroad when disaster struck
A BRIT dad is critically ill after being rescued from the sea off Magaluf's coast.
Mike Knight, father-of-seven, remains in hospital after suffering a heart attack when swimming off the holiday island.
It was his first time ever abroad when he jetted out on September 21 before disaster struck two days later.
Lifeguards rescued the Salford resident when he was spotted frantically waving his arms and shouting.
He was then resuscitated on the beach before being taken to Inca Hospital.
He remains there breathing through a tracheostomy and has pneumonia, although doctors fear he may have suffered a degree of brain damage.
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Mike was on holiday with two friends ahead of his 50th birthday in November.
The Manchester Evening News reports the family have launched a £13,000 to fly him home by air ambulance because of a row with his insurers because he had alcohol in his system.
More than £2,000 has been raised through the JustGiving appeal.
Mike’s younger brother Stephen Knight, 43, from Salford, : “We just want him back home. We’re desperate and we want to thank everyone who has donated.
“The doctors are saying that he has probably got brain damage and at the moment, he is breathing through a tracheostomy."
Mike, a labour, wagon driver and metal finisher, lives near Wigan with his partner of 10 years as her carer.
Reports suggests a storm hit the Playa De Magaluf bay as Mike swam.
Official reports given to the family from Spanish authorities say he was quite far out to sea, reports the MEN.
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