GOP Rep. Tim Murphy, a psychologist by trade, was with his staff waiting on an elevator when the doors opened to reveal an unresponsive man lying on the floor. | AP Photo 2 lawmakers resuscitate a man on Capitol Hill

Just call them Hill’s angels.

GOP Reps. Tim Murphy and Michael Burgess helped resuscitate a man in the Rayburn House office building this afternoon after he was found on the floor of an elevator unconscious and not breathing.


Murphy, a psychologist by trade, was with his staff waiting on an elevator when the doors opened to reveal an unresponsive man lying on the floor.

The Pennsylvania lawmaker immediately started performing CPR while staffers ran to search for a defibrillator and Capitol Police. Burgess (R-Texas), a medical doctor, was also on hand.

Then, Murphy and a Capitol police officer worked together to use the defibrillator. Murphy, who has been CPR certified since January 2015, put the pads on the man’s chest and did not stop performing CPR while the police officer oversaw the defibrillator, according to a staffer on the scene.

The man’s pulse returned, he started breathing again and was transported to a local hospital.

“We’re super thankful that he was transported with a heart rate,” said Carly Atchison, spokeswoman for Murphy, who confirmed the events. “We’re just going to continue to pray.”

Vito Maggiolo, public information officer for DC Fire and EMS, confirmed that paramedics were dispatched to the Rayburn building at 4:31 p.m. for a cardiac arrest call and that a man was taken to the hospital but couldn’t give further details due to medical privacy laws.