A comedian halted a comedy show in Washington after an elderly man suffered a heart attack mid-set, causing the performer to descend into tears.
Comedian Drew Lynch, a former America’s Got Talent contestant, halted the crowd during his set in Spokane last week after an 83-year-old man began suffering a heart attack.
The comedian shared the clip and described it as ‘one of the most powerful examples of community and human connection.’
Lynch called out to the crowd in Spokane Comedy Club in a moment of panic, ‘Oh hey, everything okay?’
The audience began calling back, ‘No,’ as people started rushing to offer help to the elderly man, later identified by Lynch as Mr. Wende.
‘Is there a medic in the house at all,’ Lynch asked, as more audience members said emergency services had been called.
Lynch looked out onto the audience with concern as a woman was heard calling out that ‘CPR started.’
Another woman offered to be the ‘second’ to the first who began performing CPR on the man.
Comedian Drew Lynch, a former America’s Got Talent contestant, halted the crowd during his set in Spokane after an 83-year-old man began suffering a heart attack
The man, identified as Mr Wende, was later visited by Lynch in the hospital with fellow comedians who finished the show for the 83-year-old man
Tensions rose as the two women aiding the man began searching for a pulse, and Lynch asked the crowd to ‘make some room.’
As paramedics arrived on scene, the man began waking up and he was lifted onto a stretcher.
‘Great job everybody,’ one crowd member called out as the room erupted with applause.
Lynch emotionally addressed the crowd after wiping tears from his eyes, and said: ‘That was incredible dude.’
‘Like, I know we’re here making jokes and doing a bunch of s***,’ he said. ‘But you guys all really just came together in a really cool way dude. You saved that guys life man.’
‘I mean that was crazy,’ Lynch shakily continued. ‘You guys worked together so fast.’
‘That was nuts man,’ he added, as a male audience member shouted out, ‘Spokane does care.’
‘To just witness that, I mean – that was crazy,’ Lynch continued.
The comedian shared a clip of the ordeal and described it as ‘one of the most powerful examples of community and human connection’
‘He had no pulse for over 5 minutes. With the combined efforts of total strangers, and honestly, by what felt like a miracle that night, he was revived right there in the room,’ Lynch said
‘I have literally the hardest job in the world now,’ he joked. ‘And that’s mostly what this is about.’
Lynch continued wiping his eyes as a woman reached forward toward the stage offering him a tissue.
‘I’m dabbing my eyes, I’m like a widow at a funeral right now,’ he joked.
‘Can you guys give a hand to the people that saved that guys life?’ he asked while choking up again.
The audience erupted into cheers and applause as everyone stood up to applaud those who helped the man.
Lynch wrote: ‘Without hesitation, people in the audience began taking turns performing CPR, clearing space for paramedics, and monitoring his vitals.’
‘He had no pulse for over 5 minutes. With the combined efforts of total strangers, and honestly, by what felt like a miracle that night, he was revived right there in the room,’ he continued, TODAY reported.
Lynch later visited Wende in hospital and took fellow comedians Akeem Hoyte-Charles and Rachel Aflleje to complete the show for him.
Wende had left his walker at the show, which Lynch took back to him in the hospital and signed for him
Wende had left his walker at the show, which Lynch took back to him and later signed.
‘Getting to laugh and share stories with his family for hours in the hospital was the reminder I needed of why comedy is so needed- especially in times when the world feels so torn apart,’ Lynch said.
‘HUGE thank you to the people of Spokane, the brave medical professionals, and the Wende family for bringing this man into my life and reminding me just how special community can be.’
‘In a divided world filled with hurt and uncertainty, we overlook how fragile the time is that we even get to be here. It feels like we forget that we’re all the same underneath… we’re all human. Shout out to the city of Spokane, the medical professionals, and the Wende family for bringing this beautiful man into my life and reminding me how special community is,’ Lynch wrote on Instagram.
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