He had a challenging day

One of my friends here had a mental breakdown this evening. He was incredibly anxious at first and kept getting more and more out of control. We had to chase him across a parking lot and physically restrain him for a good half hour until we called 911 and the police and paramedics arived. He was shouting odd things over and over at the top of his voice, throwing his belongings and clothing away from him, straining towards unseen things; he attempted to attack one of us, and kept asking meaningless questions and saying strange lies. He calmed down after the police arrived and restrained him, but he was still mumbling nonsense and making bizarre gestures at nothing in particular. He kept asking who "the cold people" were who were behind and about him. They finally took him away to the ER, so he's in good hands now, but it was still incredibly frightening. They'll do a psychiatric evaluation and test for drugs or neurochemistry problems, and we'll see what happens from there. If you like, please pray for him. He's normally a very reserved, quiet, lucid, and intelligent sort of fellow and he was everything but that tonight. I know he'll be alright, but I'm still asking the Lord to stand by him tonight. I've never seen anyone so frightened and panicked and...well...crazy in all my life. I hope I don't have to again.