Timeline of Juice Wrld's Final Hours: from Flight Departure to Midway Airport
By Marcus Vance
The psychological toll on those inside the hangar was severe. In Into the Abyss, The Kid LAROI spoke publicly for the first time about the terror of watching his mentor slip away. He described being detained on the side of the room, completely frozen as paramedics worked frantically over Higgins.
"I was just sitting there panicking," Howard recalled. The teenager had watched Higgins perform the night before, had shared jokes with him on the plane, and was suddenly watching emergency personnel compress Higgins' chest against the concrete floor. Howard noted that the entourage initially hoped Higgins was experiencing a treatable seizure episode, unaware of the massive opioid volume circulating through his bloodstream.
Ally Lotti remained glued to Higgins' side until paramedics pushed her back to apply defibrillator pads. Her statements to officers, pleading that Higgins needed help and naming the painkillers he consumed, served as the only clinical roadmap responders had in the opening minutes of the crisis.
Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.
