Louisiana televangelist Jimmy Swaggart is in intensive care after going into cardiac arrest, according to his family.
His son, Donnie Swaggart, said his 90-year-old father went into cardiac arrest around 8 am on Sunday and has “never regained consciousness.”
The younger Swaggart said that paramedics dispatched to the home were able to find a heartbeat before the preacher was rushed for treatment at a nearby hospital.
He also described the moment he found his father.
“This morning at a little after eight, Gabe and I rushed into Mother’s house. Dad had gone into cardiac arrest. He never regained consciousness. We both took turns giving him chest compressions until EMT could get there and they were, I’ve never seen so many people arrive at one time and I want to thank them,” Donnie Swaggart told his church on Sunday. “But they were able to get a heartbeat back. Right now he is in ICU and without a miracle, without a miracle, his time will be short.”
