BDE: Frum Bochur Dies Mid Flight After suffering Asthma Attack En Route To New York

New York Post

A British man died earlier this week after he allegedly dropped his inhaler during an asthma attack less than an hour before his flight landed in New York.

Shimoin Brauer, 25, of London, fell unconscious on Monday morning when he panicked and his inhaler slipped from his fingers about 45 minutes before his flight was set to land in New York, Jewish News reported.

The crew initially attempted to give him oxygen because they were unaware his airways had closed due to an asthma attack, the outlet said, citing a member of Brauer’s Orthodox Jewish community in Stamford Hill.

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