Sen. Thom Tillis Thomas (Thom) Roland TillisAirline job cuts loom in battleground states Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Republican Senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal MORE (R-N.C.) on Wednesday collapsed while running in a race and was taken away in an ambulance.

The Associated Press reported that Tillis was given CPR after collapsing. Tillis and his team were running in the American Council of Life Insurers’s Capital Challenge, a three-mile team race. He tweeted before the race with a photo of his team.

Tillis seemed unconscious at first but was breathing and revived by the time he was moved to the ambulance, the report said.

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A WUSA9 anchor tweeted a photo of the incident, writing that “3 men saved the life of Senator Thom Tillis.”

A number of political figures immediately offered their prayers for Tillis in tweets, including Sens. Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioFlorida senators pushing to keep Daylight Savings Time during pandemic Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings MORE (R-Fla.) and Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzLoeffler calls for hearing in wake of Netflix's 'Cuties' Health care in the crosshairs with new Trump Supreme Court list 'Parks and Rec' cast members hosting special reunion to raise money for Wisconsin Democrats MORE (R-Texas), Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) and North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein (D).

At today's ACLI race, 3 men saved the life of Senator Thom Tillis of NC #bravery @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/gp56mXRvkz

— Debra Alfarone (@DebraAlfarone) May 17, 2017

Please pray for my Senate colleague @ThomTillis https://t.co/fLBMJ11l5m — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) May 17, 2017

Hope you'll join Heidi and me in lifting up @ThomTillis in your thoughts and prayers. https://t.co/lA5XcLrSOy — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 17, 2017