Darlene Pohl, Assistant Director at The Funhouse, suffered an apparent heart attack on an airline flight on Monday, Aug. 18. Doctors on the commercial airplane administered CPR and she was immediately taken by ambulance to Highline Hospital in Burien, Wash., after a priority landing at Sea-Tac International Airport. Pohl has been unconscious and on life support since then, according to Pete Moe, Funhouse Executive Director. Doctors do not have any conclusive information on why Pohl’s heart stopped.

“We are absolutely devastated,” said Moe. “Darlene is an unusually kind young woman whose influence and big heart are vital to many people, particularly the kids whose lives she touches daily. We are grateful for the incredible outpouring of support coming from the community and are moved by how many lives she has touched both in and outside The Funhouse.” Darlene’s family, friends and many members of the Lighthouse Church are at her bedside.