‘God guided those who helped’: Natchez teen recovering after cardiac event at football game
Published 2:03 pm Monday, September 25, 2023
- Wesley Simpson, Alex Monogan and Peyton Covington visit with Aiden Huff, who suffered cardiac arrest at a football game on Friday. All four boys are juniors at Cathedral High School. (submitted photo)
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Keith and Angie Huff are convinced “God guided those who helped” save their son’s life at a football game on Friday.
Their son Aiden, a student at Cathedral School, was in the stands at Parklane Academy in McComb watching the Green Wave play when he experienced a cardiac emergency.
He collapsed in the stands, and his heart stopped.
“So many things went exactly as they should for Aiden to receive the care he needed exactly when he needed it; we are convinced that God guided those who helped even before Aiden collapsed,” Keith Huff said. “The response by Parklane and Cathedral fans, medical professionals and emergency workers was excellent. Our family has been overwhelmed by the care and support from both communities.”
Fans and medical professionals immediately began chest compressions and employed an AED device to help restart Aiden’s heart. He was taken to Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb, where he was stabilized and then transferred to the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
“Even when everything goes right like it did last night, I think it must be extremely rare for anyone to survive an event like that and recover to the extent Aiden has less than 24 hours later,” he wrote on social media Saturday. “I’m overwhelmed by that reality as well. Please keep praying for Aiden, just as you have. It’s clear that God is making things happen for this young man.”
Aiden’s parents, Keith and Angie, were not at the game and endured an agonizing drive to get to their son.