Corrections Officer Thomas Luke Brannigan

Thomas Luke Brannigan

Corrections Officer Thomas Brannigan suffered a fatal heart attack while responding to a prison alarm where several inmates were fighting.

He collapsed after running up to the second floor to the location of the fight.

Other officers immediately began performing CPR on Officer Brannigan. He was transported to the prison's medical facility where he was pronounced dead.

Officer Brannigan had served with the Blair County Prison for 17 years. He was survived by his wife and child.