Footballer Steven Gerrard was left visibly shocked during a hospital visit when a three-week-old baby had a heart attack on the ward he was in.
It happened as the Liverpool captain gave out Christmas presents at the city's Alder Hey Hospital with his Reds teammates, including striker Fernando Torres.
The baby survived but Gerrard said: "It was very upsetting for us all. We are professional football players and were completely helpless in that situation.
"It was not nice to see a little baby in that condition but the doctors and nurses, like always, were magnificent."
An onlooker added: "Steven was really upset, as were the other players who were with him. Fortunately they were later told the child was going to be okay.
"It was just a tiny little baby and it was hard to believe that it could have a heart attack so young. The players were in the ward and all of a sudden there were doctors and nurses rushing round like mad trying to save the baby.
"Steven and the lads went and stood in the corridor while everything was sorted out. It was worse for Steven as two years ago his three-year-old daughter Lexie was in hospital with suspected meningitis and he knows that feeling of helplessness."
The Reds players and boss Rafa Benitez visited 23 wards between them giving gifts and cards to seriously ill youngsters who will spend Christmas at the hospital.
It happened as the Liverpool captain gave out Christmas presents at the city's Alder Hey Hospital with his Reds teammates, including striker Fernando Torres.
The baby survived but Gerrard said: "It was very upsetting for us all. We are professional football players and were completely helpless in that situation.
"It was not nice to see a little baby in that condition but the doctors and nurses, like always, were magnificent."
An onlooker added: "Steven was really upset, as were the other players who were with him. Fortunately they were later told the child was going to be okay.
"It was just a tiny little baby and it was hard to believe that it could have a heart attack so young. The players were in the ward and all of a sudden there were doctors and nurses rushing round like mad trying to save the baby.
"Steven and the lads went and stood in the corridor while everything was sorted out. It was worse for Steven as two years ago his three-year-old daughter Lexie was in hospital with suspected meningitis and he knows that feeling of helplessness."
The Reds players and boss Rafa Benitez visited 23 wards between them giving gifts and cards to seriously ill youngsters who will spend Christmas at the hospital.
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