Debbie Reynolds Says Daughter Carrie Fisher in ‘Stable Condition’
Fisher, who became a global icon as a teenager when she took on the role of Princess Leia in “Star Wars,” remains in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles on Friday.
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Since she was rushed from LAX to the UCLA Medical Center emergency room on Friday, messages of support poured out from the Hollywood community — as well as her “Star Wars” family — while her brother, Todd Fisher, has been issuing periodic updates to the press.
Late Friday, Fisher’s brother Todd told CNN that her condition had not changed from earlier in the day, when she was moved from the emergency room to intensive care:
The Los Angeles Times obtained audio of the conversation between the pilot and air traffic controllers Friday afternoon:
According to YouTube star Anna Akana, a fellow passenger on her flight, Fisher fell unconscious and stopped breathing about 10 minutes before the plane landed and was medically evacuated.
Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott told TheWrap on Friday that at 12:11 p.m., the LAFD responded to LAX International Airport gate 74 for a patient on an inbound flight on cardiac arrest.