Princess Diana’s final words have been revealed by the firefighter who held her hand in the wreckage of the Paris car crash that claimed her life 28 years ago, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

The 36-year-old princess was killed on August 31, 1997, after the car carrying her and her companion Dodi Fayed, 42, smashed into the Pont de l’Alma tunnel. Their driver, Henri Paul, was also killed.

Firefighter Reveals Princess Diana’s Final Words

Source: MEGADiana asked, ‘My God, what’s happened?’ moments after the Paris accident.

First responders rushed to the scene, where firefighter Xavier Gourmelon was among the first to reach the wreckage – not realizing the “blonde woman” in the back of the mangled wreck of her car was one of the most famous women in the world.

“When I first saw her, she was conscious and her eyes were open,” Gourmelon said. “She asked me, ‘My God, what’s happened?’”

“I held her hand and told her to stay calm, that we were there to help. She seemed stable at that moment, and I didn’t think her life was in danger. But just minutes later, she went into cardiac arrest.”

Rescuer Recalls Trying To Save Diana’s Life

Source: MEGAShe was taken to Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital but pronounced dead at 4am.

Gourmelon performed CPR and massaged Diana’s heart before she began breathing again.

“It was a relief – I thought we had saved her,” he recalled. “As far as I knew when she left in the ambulance, she was alive.”

“I only learned later at the hospital that she had died, and that was very hard to take. I now know her internal injuries were far worse than anyone could see at the scene.”

Diana was taken to the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris, where doctors fought to save her, but she was pronounced dead at 4am local time.

The news rocked the world and triggered an unprecedented outpouring of grief.

Crowds gathered outside Kensington Palace in London, laying tens of thousands of flowers in tribute to the woman hailed as the “People’s Princess.”