Former Met Rusty Staub suffered a heart attack while on a flight from Ireland to JFK, a source close to the situation said Saturday. The team announced Staub had a "medical emergency."
Staub's flight was rerouted back to Ireland. He is currently there resting comfortably in a hospital, and the prognosis is good. Staub is 71.
"Rusty and his family ask that we respect his privacy during this period," the Mets said in a statement. "He is in the thoughts and prayers of the Mets organization."
A man named Stephen Marro, who claims to be a close family friend of Staub's, started a GoFundMe page to raise money for Staub's flight back to the States.