     ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED: OCTOBER 19, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS ON BOARD A CRUISELINER WHEN SHE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AND COLLAPSED.  SHE WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE COAST GUARD BASE WHERE FIRE-RESCUE RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED HER TO MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER.
     UPON HER ARRIVAL SHE WAS ADMITTED AND DIAGNOSIED WITH A SUBARACHNOID  AND INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE. HER CONDITION WORSENED AND SHE WAS PLACED ON A VENTILATOR UNTIL HER EXPIRATION ON OCTOBER 20, 1996.

     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: DECEASED HAD COMPLAINED OF A HEADACHED FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND WAS NOTED TO HAVE A HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION. WAS ALSO A SMOKER. DECEASED WAS AN ORGAN DONOR.