NEW YORK (WABC) -- The family of Eric Garner is asking for prayer for his oldest daughter Erica, who suffered major brain damage from a massive heart attack on Christmas Eve.
Twenty-seven-year-old Erica Garner's mother, Esaw Snipes-Garner, said her daughter went into cardiac arrest during an asthma attack and has since been in a coma.
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Snipes-Garner says her daughter suffered her first heart attack not long after giving birth to a baby boy in August. Doctors said the pregnancy had put a strain on her heart, which was later found to be enlarged.
Garner became an outspoken critic of police brutality following her father's death on Staten Island in 2014.
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She also appeared in campaign commercials for Senator Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential run.
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Erica Garner (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)