Liam Neeson’s Wife Transfered to New York Hospital

After a skiing mishap that left her being rushed to the hospital, Natasha Richardson, actress and wife to Liam Neeson, was transported from Canada to a hospital in New York.  While family continue to gather by her side offering love and support, it’s unsure whether or not she will recover from this incident.

“There is no chance,” a family friend told PEOPLE on Tuesday night. “It is a fact that her heart is beating but she is brain dead.”

Her dire condition – doctors described it to those close to Richardson as “leakage of blood between the brain and skull,” the friend says – has the actress’s family coming to grips with potentially having to make an unthinkably difficult decision. “It’s not official yet,” says the friend, “but they basically will detach her.”

As usual, it appears that nothing good ever comes from Canada.