The call came around 3 a.m. "Your mum had a stroke," I heard my cousin in India say. I crumpled to the floor. As I sat sobbing, he explained that she was in surgery and still critical. My mind swam with disbelief. Less than 24 hours ago, I had spoken to her over video chat. She'd been in high spirits singing Old MacDonald to her new grandson our daily morning ritual since his birth that April.
On Tuesday, Flores sat down with the Bay Area News Group and detailed the terrifying morning Monday when he narrowly escaped arrest himself and filmed his wife who has a blood condition passing out as ICE agents handcuffed her. She remained at Stanford Medical Center Tuesday with federal agents blocking her door. His nephew was taken to a federal detention center in Bakersfield, he said. I'm just completely stressed and drained about it, Flores said.
A San Francisco Police Department recruit officer has died after suffering a medical emergency at the academy on Wednesday, the department announced on social media Friday. Recruit Officer Jon-Marques Psalms, 30, had completed a training exercise before suffering the emergency, the statement said. He was given medical treatment on site before being taken to the hospital by paramedics, where he later died, on Friday, according to the department.
A family visiting the Palace of Versailles experienced tragedy when their young daughter suffered a heart attack in the courtyard. Despite immediate medical response, she was pronounced dead an hour later.
"I just remember being rushed from room to room, and I was just like, 'I have no idea what's going on,' and then just flashes of waking up and a bunch of people surrounding me."