Actress Carrie Fisher had suffered a severe heart attack this Friday. She was on a flight from London to Los Angeles when she went into cardiac arrest. TMZ is reporting that Fisher received CPR during the flight, and that when they landed she was “unresponsive”.
Per the report:
Carrie Fisher suffered a massive heart attack Friday on an airplane … TMZ has learned.
Our sources say Carrie was on a United flight from London to LAX when she went into cardiac arrest. People on board were administering CPR. United Airlines says its crew reported Carrie as “unresponsive” when they landed.
We’re told the emergency occurred 15 minutes before the plane landed in L.A. A flight attendant asked if there were any medical personnel on board and an EMT who was sitting in the back of the plane came up to first class and administered life-saving measures.
Witnesses at LAX tell us Carrie’s eyes were closed and she appeared unconscious as EMTs rushed her through the terminal. She had an oxygen mask on her face.
With the story still developing, she arrived at the hospital in LA while paramedics took 15 minutes of CPR just to get her pulse going. Her daughter Billie Lourd and her dog Gary were soon there to visit with Fisher.
According to the actress’s brother, she is luckily in “stable condition”. Let’s hope she continues to pull through and makes it out of this okay.
Star Wars fans and non-fans alike should be hoping the best for this iconic actress who not only portrayed Princess Leia in Star Wars, but a variety of other classic characters. Fellow Star Wars actor Mark Hamill tweeted the following:
as if 2016 couldn't get any worse… sending all our love to @carrieffisher
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) December 23, 2016