Man Narrates How Ghanaian Died At US Airport
An angel investor, Eche Enziga has narrated how a man died at the airport in Washington D.C upon leaving a flight from Ghana.
Sharing the circumstances of the man’s death on Twitter, Enziga accused airline staff of negligence and
An angel investor, Eche Enziga has narrated how a man died at the airport in Washington D.C upon leaving a flight from Ghana.
Sharing the circumstances of the man’s death on Twitter, Enziga accused airline staff of negligence and
alleged that the paramedics failed to attend to the dying man on time.
He said, “(I) just witnessed a Ghanaian man die due to #united negligence on our flight from Accra to D.C.
“Our flight lands in D.C. As we get off the plane, we notice a commotion on the walkway, a man has
He said, “(I) just witnessed a Ghanaian man die due to #united negligence on our flight from Accra to D.C.
“Our flight lands in D.C. As we get off the plane, we notice a commotion on the walkway, a man has
collapsed and is gasping for air, struggling to breathe. Airport staff and United personnel are standing around frozen to the spot. Nobody was helping this man.
“I walked over to the man and noticed he had passed out. I started applying pressure to his chest area.
“I walked over to the man and noticed he had passed out. I started applying pressure to his chest area.
After 15 seconds of pressure, he comes back to life. At this point, we are begging United staff to call the paramedics.
“Paramedics arrive after 20 minutes, the man is laying on his back still struggling to breath but conscious. The
“Paramedics arrive after 20 minutes, the man is laying on his back still struggling to breath but conscious. The
paramedics arrive with no sense of urgency, it takes them 10 minutes to start attending to the man.
“They place the man on the gurney and say "we've got it
“They place the man on the gurney and say "we've got it
from here". Something bothered me about their lack of urgency. I noticed the man had stopped breathing again and called it to their attention. This time they couldn't resuscitate him and this man died.”
UPDATE: Countering Enziga's claim in a brief statement, a United Airlines spokesperson said, "Our crew quickly called the paramedics as soon as they became aware of a customer who had experienced a medical issue while exiting the aircraft.
"Paramedics then transported the customer to a local hospital."
The affected flight was United flight 997 from Accra (ACC) to Washington Dulles (IAD).
The affected flight was United flight 997 from Accra (ACC) to Washington Dulles (IAD).
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