Comedian Ken Jeong leaped into action to help during a medical emergency when an audience member at his Phoenix, Arizona, audience began having a seizure in the middle of his routine.
In addition to being an actor and comedian, Jeong has a University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill medical degree and practiced internal medicine before venturing into Hollywood.
Jeong and an emergency medical technician tended to the woman until the arrival of paramedics. When the new team took over, Jeong went back to the stage and continued his set as though nothing had happened, another audience member told USA Today.
"It’s a wonderful story. It was such perfect timing: Ken just jumped from the stage to help," Phoenix resident Heather Holmberg told the publication.
The 48-year-old comedian initially thought the woman was making fun of him until other audience members called for his assistance.
"He couldn’t see what was going on with the lights. He thought he was being heckled. He was playing with them from the stage for a second," Holmberg said, USA Today. "And it was like, 'No, no, no. We need you!' He realized there was an issue, and he came over. It was a moment where time stands still. Someone was having a crisis. There was a hush over the room."
Jeong, who has displayed his comedy in films such as “The Hangover” and “Community” and on the small screen in the sitcom “Dr. Ken,” garnered more admirers for his quick reaction to the medical emergency.
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