Chicagoan's death in Puerto Rico leads to probe
Posted March 15, 2009 11:00 pm
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The death of a Chicago tourist who had a heart attack at Puerto Rico's main airport has raised concerns among lawmakers in the U.S. territory.
Hector Martinez heads the island Senate's public safety committee. He said Sunday he'll seek an explanation of why it reportedly took paramedics 20 minutes to reach the woman after she suffered the attack March 7.
El Nuevo Dia reported that 71-year-old Barbara Small had arrived from Chicago with her family a few minutes earlier for a Caribbean cruise.
Her son told the paper she died without receiving treatment and nobody could find a defibrillator to try to revive her.