Doctor Dressed As Mummer Saves Fan's Life At New Year's Eagles Game

PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Eagles game on New Year's Day included exactly the type of crowd you'd expect it to. At least on the surface.

Hordes were decked head to toe in full Eagles green. Others included Birds face paint in the costume. And others, because it was New Year's Day, dressed as mummers.

With the city's iconic celebration still raging on the streets just blocks away, the Birds struggled. At least by their 2022-23 season standards. The second quarter was underway when one of these fans dressed as a mummer noticed something.

A man had fallen to the ground nearby and was bleeding. Quickly he began to turn blue.

This mummer who noticed was not a typical New Year reveler, however. He happened to be an emergency room medical doctor at Einstein Medical Center named Vincent Basile.

"Hey, I know I don't look like it, but I'm an emergency medicine doctor," Basile told the man, according to 6ABC.

Numerous accounts of what happened next were shared on social media, including by Basile's friends and mother. A photo that was shared thousands of times features Basile in his full makeup and dress standing in the bleachers, with the caption "Casually returns to his seat after doing chest compressions in the aisle and saving someone's life (while in this outfit)."

The victim had no pulse when Basile arrived. A nearby nurse came and assisted him and they were able to revive him, the Inquirer reports.

The man is expected to recover, according to fans in the stands who heard the man speaking after he was revived.

"What's the score?" he reportedly asked.