JERUSALEM(VINnews) — During the course of a wedding held at a kibbutz in the Gezer Regional Council in central Israel, the 34-year-old groom suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed unconscious.

Ben Sinai, a medic with United Hatzalah who was also one of the guests at the event, noticed the commotion and, once he understood what had happened, immediately began performing CPR on the groom. Sinai succeeded in restoring the groom’s pulse, and he was evacuated to Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot sedated and on a ventilator, in stable condition.

Chasan and Kallah a short time before his collapse

Sinai recounted: “I was in the hall as one of the wedding guests. Suddenly I saw a commotion and heard cries for help, and I noticed the groom had collapsed and was in cardiac arrest. I immediately called for assistance and began resuscitation efforts with the help of additional medics, including using the event hall’s defibrillator. After prolonged resuscitation efforts, his heart miraculously began beating again. He was evacuated to the hospital, and at this stage his condition is serious.”

A relative of the groom said that he suffered from Myotonic dystrophy and that this may have caused the weakening of his heart muscle in a moment of extreme stress. The relative added that his condition is still serious and doctors are trying to treat his sepsis and insert a pacemaker.