A teenager was left millimetres from death after a knifeman sliced open his chest and almost exposed his heart as he left a party with his twin brother . Tyler Gane , 16 , and his brother Loui were with friends at a roundabout in Dilton Marsh , Wiltshire , when a man approached them and threatened the group . asking where they were from . When Loui questioned him back , the stranger pulled out a knife and stabbed Tyler as he stepped in to protect his brother on Saturday night . Tyler Gane , 16 , was millimetres from death after a knifeman sliced open his chest , almost exposing his heart . The teenager was left with an eight inch wound from his shoulder to the centre of his chest , which nearly exposed his heart , and was rushed to hospital in a serious condition . Police said he was 'lucky to be alive ' because the wound was so deep and the blade miraculously missed his vital organs . Tyler has since returned home but doctors told him to rest and not return to school until after Easter . He said : ' I do n't remember much . I do n't remember actually getting stabbed . I remember walking off and all of my friends screaming . 'That 's when I looked down and blood was all over my shirt . The paramedics were there trying to see how bad it was and taking off the jumper which I had on . 'That 's when it started to sink in . That 's when it hit me that I had actually been stabbed . The eight inch wound was so deep it almost struck his heart and police said Tyler was 'lucky to be alive ' The teenagers were at a party on a roundabout known locally as Dilton Marsh Roundabout when they were approached by the unknown man on Saturday at about 11pm . 'It does n't feel real . I 'm still shocked . I think everyone is . Still people do n't know why it happened or why he did it . ' Loui suffered cuts to his hands and was also treated in Bristol 's Southmead Hospital . Their mother Erika , 34 , said : ' I was shocked . I do n't understand why anybody would approach a group of children and do this . Tyler pictured in hospital after the attack . He is now recovering at home but will be off school for weeks . 'It 's not like this is a dangerous city - it 's a small town . He 's lucky to still be here . 'Tyler has taken it very well . I do n't think it has sunk in yet . he 's had all his friends around him . 'It was completely random . I do n't know what I would say to the attacker . To me , it proves he is not sorry because he has n't come forward . He 's not sorry and he 's hiding like a coward . ' I 'm looking at people and thinking they look like the description . ' Detective inspector Paul Franklin said : 'He 's first threatened the children and then when the two brothers have gone over to him , he slashed out at them with the knife causing one a very serious and deep lacerations to his chest , and the other brother some cuts to his arm . 'From that point , he has then run away up main road . It 's completely unprovoked and at this time we have absolutely no idea who this man is . This could have been a murder inquiry quite easily . ' The attacker is described as being aged between 20 and 30 , with shortish black hair and wearing a blue jacket and either blue jeans or grey jogging bottoms .
WARNING : CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT . Tyler Gane , 16 , and twin Loui were with a group of friends in Dilton Marsh . They were approached and threatened by an unknown man . When Loui questioned him he lashed out with knife and Tyler stepped in . He was stabbed multiple times but managed to get away from the attacker before dying on his way to hospital. Wiltshire Police said he is 'lucky to be alive ' after the attack on Saturday . They are searching for the man , described as between 20 and 30 years old .