Fabrice Muamba: Nigel Reo-Coker says team-mate's miracle recovery will inspire Bolton to beat the drop Next thing I remember facing towards our right-back position and I turned around and saw Fabrice on the floor. The one thing I remember distinctively was when they were trying to resuscitate him and they were shocking him, the whole stadium just went quiet. Then the Bolton fans began to sing his name. Then the Spurs fans began to sing his name. I am not generally a person who cries that much but it sent a real tingle down my spine to the point where I nearly broke down. Emotions were everywhere in the dressing-room. Young Ryo Miyaichi - everyone - was in tears. People breaking down and crying. It was totally unexpected. One minute you're playing a game, the next he's lying there. We were all powerless. It was in the hands of the medical department and God. Part of the reason for the subsequent outpouring of emotion has been because Muamba is rightly seen as a fine role model. "Football has been united and the support had been amazing,"" Reo-Coker added. Fabrice comes in every day with a smile on his face, willing to work hard. He is polite, well-mannered. He takes his profession seriously. Regardless of what people think about footballers, he is a top bloke."" On Tuesday, Reo-Coker went with fellow Bolton Wanderers players Darren Pratley and Mark Davies to the London Chest Hospital. I know those two were very, very affected by the scenes. I thought it would be good for us to go and see him once we heard he'd woken up and was talking. "When I walked in, he said: "All right, Nige?" He was obviously not speaking so well because he was still a bit drugged up. He said: "What happened?" I just choked up. I couldn't even answer him. I was just looking at him and he was asking: "What happened, what happened?" "Pratley said: "You just collapsed but don't worry about it, you're going to be OK." To see him lying there with all the tubes and everything was tough. "He's still in a very serious condition but I saw the relief in their eyes [Davies" and Pratley's] after they'd seen Fabrice. It was nice when I came back to Bolton and told the boys I'd seen Fabrice and had a conversation. It did feel like a weight had been lifted off their shoulders. I had feared the worst. For your heart not beating for that long [78 minutes], just to be alive and recognise anyone is a miracle. For me, it's a life-changing experience. It just shows how precious life is. I've been screened since I was a young player before I signed on youth terms at Wimbledon. I was checked out then at a hospital just round the corner from where Fabrice is. I know that you can get screened three or four times and they still wouldn't be able to tell you that you've got the same condition Fabrice had. Every day in any walk of life, everything you do is a risk: getting the bus, train or in a car. A lot of thanks does go to the medical staff and doctors for how they handled that situation, saving his life. His fiancée, Shauna, deserves a lot of credit. She's been so positive. What can you say in that situation? I just said: "Well done and stay strong." She's been very strong. She's not a typical Wag. She has her own business where she prepares food for a lot of players at Manchester United and City. She cooks for some of the Bolton players, namely me and Zat Knight. We're two of her biggest customers. Shauna is very good friends with my fiancée."" Shauna and Muamba's father, Marcel, spoke to Bolton's manager, Owen Coyle, on Tuesday about the team resuming playing against Blackburn. "When they gave us their blessing and said they wanted us to carry on and play for Fabrice, that was all we needed,"" Reo-Coker added. Personally, I am ready to go. I know I will be fine. That edge is there. To see him alive was such a weight off my shoulders. That gives me the fighting spirit. This is a big game, a six-pointer and for now we are going to play for Fabrice.