According to the NY Daily News, the 49-year-old mother of two was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center’s neurological ICU Thursday and placed on life support. She never regained consciousness.
Colagrossi’s family was at her bedside when doctors gave them the heartbreaking news that it was unlikely that she’d recover, sources said.
The newsroom was left “reeling” after station general manager Dave Davis told co-workers about the tragedy.
“Lisa Colagrossi embodied the Eyewitness News spirit—a straightforward reporter who told the truth, empathetic to the everyday citizens of the New York area, and demanding of those in power,” said Dave Davis, president and general manager of WABC-TV in a statement released on Friday.
The aneurysm struck Colagrossi on her way back from a live report at the scene of a four-alarm fire in Woodhaven, Queens, that tore through a series of homes late Wednesday night.
“She was in the news van after finishing her live shot when she said ‘Oh my God, something is wrong,’ ” a friend said.
A co-worker said that her cameraman flagged down an ambulance and she was taken to the hospital.
Colagrossi joined WABC in 2001 as a morning reporter. She also filled in occasionally at the anchor desk.
Before joining Channel 7, she worked as an anchor at WKMG in Orlando, where she won two local Emmy awards.
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