At 7 a.m. on an ordinary spring day, it was business as usual for CBS Los Angeles weatherwoman Alissa Schwartz, who was preparing to deliver the daily forecast. However, in contrast to the reliably sunny skies of LA, Ms. Schwartz’s day soon took a turn for the unexpected: Just before she could deliver her first line, she grew pale, wobbled, and fell to the floor as coworkers looked on in surprise.
Ms. Schwartz experienced syncope, the medical term for fainting or passing out, accompanied by a transient drop in blood supply to the brain.
