Article: Mother tells of vain fight to save asthma-attack son

A MOTHER has spoken of her battle to save her six-year-old son as he lay dying in her arms after suffering an asthma attack triggered by a chest infection.

Alison Davies attempted to revive her young son, Kieran, as he fell unconscious at the family home in York, but the asthma attack was so severe that doctors were also unable to save him.

The funeral of Kieran, who attended St Lawrence's School in York, will be held on Thursday, and he is due to be buried in his beloved Chelsea football kit at St Oswald's church in Fulford.

Mrs Davies, who is married to Chris, said the family, including the couple's eight-year-old daughter Saoirse, was still trying to

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