Hearts are heavy today as reports poured in that activist and eldest daughter of slain Staten Island man Eric Garner, Erica Garner, has died. She suffered a massive heart attack last week, suffering brain damage after slipping into a coma while the family continued to rally around her.
The New York Daily News reports:
The daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner died in Brooklyn Saturday morning, sources said.
Erica Garner, 27, had been fighting for her life since she suffered a massive heart attack a week ago, family members told the Daily News Thursday.
“She was a warrior, she was a fighter and we didn’t pull the plug on her,” said Esaw Snipes, Garner’s mother. “She left on her own terms.”
Relatives and friends had kept a constant vigil at Woodhull Hospital.
It was a hope of the family that Garner would pull through, but it appears the damage was too great.
Our condolences to the family of Erica Garner.
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