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Carrie Fisher in Intensive Care After Suffering Heart Attack on Plane, Brother Says

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"She's in the ICU and everybody's praying for her," he told Variety in a phone interview. "There's nothing new from the doctors. There's nothing new at all. … There's no good news or bad news."

Todd Fisher said media outlets are "writing between the lines" in reporting that she's now in stable condition. The Associated Press reported earlier today that Todd Fisher said Carrie Fisher was in stable condition and "out of emergency."

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Airport police responded at approximately 12:15 p.m. PT to a woman with a medical emergency on a plane at LAX International Airport's Terminal 7, public information officer Alicia Hernandez told Variety.

Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics were already on the scene, performing CPR on a female victim who had gone into cardiac arrest, when airport police arrived. She was transported to a local hospital for medical treatment.

Fisher, 60, reportedly went into cardiac arrest about 15 minutes before the plane landed following the 11-hour flight, TMZ first reported. She was reportedly taken to UCLA Medical Center and placed on a ventilator.


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