Terry Robinson looks pretty good for someone who was technically dead for five minutes.

“I can’t tell you what it feels like,” the 73-year-old grandfather said yesterday, just over two weeks after the cardiac arrest that almost killed him.

“The last thing I remember is driving in the car on the freeway. Next thing I wake up two days later in the cardiac unit at Fiona Stanley Hospital.”

Mr Robinson was in the passenger’s seat, heading home to Mandurah with his wife Alenka on May 8 when his heart suddenly stopped.

Camera Icon The scene on Kwinana Freeway when Terry Robinson went into cardiac arrest. Credit: supplied

Mrs Robinson pulled into the emergency lane just before the Armadale Road exit and flagged down four strangers to help.

“They said my heart stopped for five minutes and if these people had not been here, I wouldn’t be here,” Mr Robinson said.

“They saved my life and it is just amazing.”

Mr Robinson and his wife reunited yesterday with the good samaritans who helped save him with critical CPR, not far from where the drama unfolded.

Mrs Robinson recalled frantically waving from the passenger’s door for help as she reached inside the car to perform first aid.

Camera Icon Terry Robinson says he owes his life to these four strangers. Credit: Megan Powell

“I looked at him. He was trying to say something and his head rolled back,” she said.

“I grabbed his hand to check his pulse and there was no pulse.

“I started CPR but his tongue was in so I reached into his mouth and tried to pull it out.”

“I needed someone to help me and thankfully all these beautiful people helped.” Tradesman Rizwan Ahmad was driving home to Baldivis. Not far behind were Waroona couple Dennis Tyler and Daphne Zucaro. They all stopped to help.

Soon after, Gary McDonnell also stopped.

Having done his first-aid training just days earlier, Mr McDonnell took over CPR for about five minutes until paramedics arrived.

“I joined in afterwards but the communication between us was fantastic,” he said. “When I got a call from Terry a couple of days ago it was quite an experience to be able to talk to him.”

Mr Robinson spent a week recovering in hospital after having a stent put into his heart.

He is due to start rehabilitation this week but is expected to have no major lasting effects.

“To meet these people today face to face is fantastic,” Mr Robinson said.

He said he and his wife “now cherish every day”.