A gospel musician died in mid-flight from Accra to Washington, causing tragedy.

Daniel Toffey Jr, a gospel singer from Jomoro in Ghana's Western Region who now lives in the United States, had traveled to Ghana with his father and mother to attend the burial of an in-law.

Daniel and his father, named Daniel Toffey Sr., led the way back home to Pataskala, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus in the United States.

They left Accra on May 22, 2022, late Sunday night.

However, disaster struck onboard United 997 in the middle of the Atlantic when the young Daniel died of a pulmonary embolism. [A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blood clot that develops in a blood vessel in the body (often in the leg). It then travels to a lung artery where it suddenly blocks blood flow].

According to Dntghana, Daniel Junior died while his father Daniel Toffey Sr. watched helplessly from afar. "He kept shouting, 'Daddy, I can't breathe,'" senior Toffey told DNT in an interview.

The sufferer was alleged to have attempted to rise to use the restroom after sitting for a while when his movement got wobbly and he was soon gasping for oxygen.

"We need a doctor, we need a doctor," one young lady exclaimed. Suddenly, the elder father felt compelled to leap from his business class seat and run to the situation, even though the flight crew had asked everyone to remain seated.

Daniel Toffey Junior, who worships with PIWC in Columbus North, choked to death in flight despite having as many as seven doctors on board and tools with which those doctors were "impressed" for United Airlines to have aboard.

The flight left Kotoka International Airport at 11 p.m. on Sunday and was scheduled to arrive at Washington Dulles early the next morning.

However, due to the sad incident, the airplane was rerouted to Bermuda, where all 178 passengers stayed at Grotto Bay Resort before continuing their journey to Washington.

Jesse Laser, a business class neighbor, informed DNT how the departed father was doing despite the tragic loss. "You can just feel the sorrow in his eyes," Laser recalled, "even though he is holding up pretty great."

Junior Toffey was set to release his CD on June 4 in Columbus, with Joe Mettle expected to attend.

"I was aboard the flight and I witnessed everything fiilifili," one individual who observed the incident wrote. Hmmm! There are many unknowns in our life. We were stranded for about fifteen hours at the Bermuda Airport before being able to board a flight to Washington Dulles Airport last night. It was a terrifying ordeal. Such a thing has never happened to me before. Terrible. Anyway, I pray for that young man's soul."