"The community came together by putting aside any identity or ego for one shared goal- and that was successfully bringing Mr. Wende back to life," comedian Drew Lynch said.

A comedian is praising audience members at a recent show for stepping in to save a man who went into cardiac arrest – all of which was captured on camera.

Drew Lynch , a stand-up comedian known for his run on season 10 of "America's Got Talent", said on social media that a man attending his Sept. 12 show in Spokane, Washington, collapsed and suffered a heart attack.

The man, later identified as Dick Wende, survived and was treated at a nearby hospital. Lynch and two other performers from the show, Akeem Hoyte-Charles and Rachel Aflleje , visited Wende in the hospital days later to finish the set.

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