Caught on Camera: Woman Faints in Public, Husband Oblivious
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Internet users have been left in hysterics by a man who thought he was capturing an ordinary video of his wife, only to discover she was in the middle of a medical emergency.
Silver Owens, 30, was at the ER on July 9 for a medical appointment, which involved drawing blood. As her husband, Matt Owens, 29, was picking her up after, she decided to go wait outside the building for his arrival.
Unfortunately, Silver, an independent filmmaker from Houston, Texas, told Newsweek that she started to feel unwell and knew she "was about to faint." She quickly sat down on the ground and then instantly passed out.
"I hadn't eaten much that day, and I have this thing called vasovagal syncope where I faint when there are certain triggers (they think this is what it is anyway)," Silver said. "I think the combination of not eating, having blood drawn, and then walking out of the hospital made me faint."
From left: Silver Owens is filmed passed out outside the ER from the car.
From left: Silver Owens is filmed passed out outside the ER from the car.
@silverowens / TikTok
As Matt pulled into the car park, he thought it was hilarious that his wife seemed to be "so dialed into" her phone that she didn't even notice him. As a result, he started filming his wife on the floor, with her legs outstretched, looking very uncomfortable.
When Matt got closer, he realized his wife wasn't actually on her phone, and reality hit that she had in fact passed out. Matt ended the video as soon as he realized and got out the car to help.
"My husband thought I was looking down at my phone, and I didn't notice him pulling up to get me. He felt so bad when he showed me the video initially. When I laughed so hard, he felt better," Silver continued.
She said: "He tried to wake me up, and I remember opening my eyes and seeing him telling me I had fainted. Then I was out again. He ran into the ER and asked for help. I woke up surrounded by nurses laying on a stretcher."
Silver was given some apple juice and crackers until she was stable enough to get up and go home.
Before passing out, Silver said she recalls checking Find My Friends and seeing that her husband was two minutes away. She added that is about as long as she was unconscious for.
After seeing the video her husband captured, Silver said that she "cried from laughing so hard" because she actually looks dead. She couldn't resist sharing it on TikTok (@silverowens) and it has gone viral with over 3.6 million views and more than 370,000 likes on TikTok at the time of writing.
Alongside the post, the caption reads: "I would like everyone to know he felt awful for taking this, but IM CACKLING, he just thought it was so funny that I didn't notice him pull up."
Silver has been blown away by the online response, as she certainly wasn't expecting the video to attract so much attention. Thankfully, it seems that most social-media users "have a great sense of humor," and many even shared their own similar experiences as a result.
Silver said: "Everyone has been mostly positive, and we just find it funny that so many people have responded to it. I think it's important to have a good sense of humor about these things if you can. Life is crazy, and we can only control so much, and finding ways to laugh at the chaos of it all makes it more fun."
In the days since the clip went viral, it has generated nearly 1,000 comments on TikTok so far.
One comment reads: "girl I fainted on public transport recently and everyone just stared at me."
Another TikTok user wrote: "I watched this a million times and chuckled each time."
A third person posted: "The music, the slow turn, your head down—a true cinematic masterpiece."
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