Andi Peters struggled to contain his emotions when he appeared on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday.

The presenter, 54, had to fight back tears after hearing an emotional story from a grieving mother whose son had saved 18 lives.

The breakfast show saw Ed Balls and Susanna Reid interview Naomi Rees-Issitt, who has been fighting to make defibrillators available in police cars after the d3ath of her son Jamie.

Jamie passed away after he suffered a cardiac arrest on New Year’s Day in 2022 when he was just 18 years old.

He was left waiting 17 minutes for an ambulance and his friends couldn’t get access to a defibrillator which was located one minute away but locked inside a school.

The police who arrived on scene first also did not have a defibrillator inside their car which could have saved Jamie’s life.

Andi Peters, 54, struggled to contain his emotions when he appeared on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday
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Andi Peters, 54, struggled to contain his emotions when he appeared on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday

The presenter had to fight back tears after hearing an emotional story from grieving mother Naomi Rees-Issitt whose son Jamie had saved 18 lives after passing away two years ago
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The presenter had to fight back tears after hearing an emotional story from grieving mother Naomi Rees-Issitt whose son Jamie had saved 18 lives after passing away two years ago


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Jamie passed away after he suffered a cardiac arrest on New Year’s Day in 2022 when he was just 18-years-old

And after hearing the tragic account, Andi couldn’t keep his composure.

Presenting the competition segment from Edinburgh the star was clearly teary-eyed and admitted he was moved by the Naomi’s tale.

He said: ‘Slightly moved, I can’t lie’, before informing viewers they could be in the running to win more than £100,000 if they entered the show’s competition.

And Andi wasn’t the only one who was moved by the heartbreaking story.

Susanna Reid also broke down in tears and said: ‘Naomi, it’s been such a tragic loss losing your child in such an unspeakable way. You have found a purpose. Jamie had signed up to the organ register, hadn’t he?’.

Naomi replied: ‘The reason that we do what we do is because Jamie had signed the organ register three times in his short life.

‘When he was 16, 17 and again just after his 18th birthday. And I was stood outside of Coventry hospital the morning after we lost Jamie and watched his lungs take off in a helicopter to go to Bristol.

‘Jamie actually saved five lives including the life of a baby girl on the night that we lost him. He was meant to save lives.

And after hearing the tragic account, Andi couldn't keep his composure and admitted he was moved by the story
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And after hearing the tragic account, Andi couldn’t keep his composure and admitted he was moved by the story

And Andi wasn't the only one who was moved by the heartbreaking story as Susanna Reid also broke down in tears
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And Andi wasn’t the only one who was moved by the heartbreaking story as Susanna Reid also broke down in tears

‘I knew from that second that that wasn’t going to be the end of Jamie’s life, he was meant to save lives and since we launched Jamie’s Foundation, he’s saved 13 more lives with his defibrillators, and I know that he will go on and save hundreds of lives.

‘For us, he was never going to be just that lad that died on New Year’s, he was always going to be so much more.

‘In life he was amazing, and even now, he’s saving lives everyday and taking the panic out of situations for people through his Foundation.’

Breaking down in tears after Naomi revealed how many lives Jamie had saved, Susanna brought her in for a hug and said: ‘Well done for what you’ve done. I think you’re amazing.’

Naomi launched the OurJay Foundation and has now installed 129 accessible defibrillators and have a further 15 waiting to be installed across Warwickshire.

Breaking down in tears after Naomi revealed how many lives Jamie had saved, Susanna brought her in for a hug and said: 'Well done for what you¿ve done. I think you're amazing'
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Breaking down in tears after Naomi revealed how many lives Jamie had saved, Susanna brought her in for a hug and said: ‘Well done for what you’ve done. I think you’re amazing’

After suffering a cardiac arrest on New Year’s Day Jamie’s heart was restarted but he passed away five days later at University Hospital in Coventry.

Naomi explained: ‘Had that defibrillator had been there at 10, 11, 12 minutes, the oxygen starvation wouldn’t have been as severe and there’s every chance he could have been here today if we had just had that access to it.’

In a statement at the time, West Midlands Ambulance Service said: ‘We would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family of Jamie Rees and apologise for the delay in responding on New Year’s Day.

‘New Year’s Day was the busiest the trust has ever experienced, nearly a quarter busier than the previous busiest New Year’s Day.’