Kudos to the most reasonable posters on here: eoinnz (great detailed and correct facts), skylady, JDiver, FWAA, Rachel G, Blumie, and brp.

1. AA put an email out to the FAs this morning stating that the media was wrong and our O2 units and Defibrillator were working correctly and they praised the crew for doing a great job with the situation at hand.

2. The plane was an A-300. That plane has 13 oxygen bottles in the cabin. Even if 2 didn't work (which is unlikely) at least one of the others would.

3. The debibrillator is checked prior to each flight by at least 1 person and usually more.

4. If you are dead the cost is higher to ship your dead body than it is to land with it onboard. Why? Because now you need to have the proper paperwork in order, you have to pay the cargo price, and you have to purchase the box to ship it in. That could take a loooong time. AA also has to fill out paperwork for carrying a dead body in and for taking a dead body in from a foreign country.

5. The decision where to divert isn't really a decision unless the person is alive and needs immediate medical care. The pilots most likely had a discussion with SOC, each other, and the FAs and made a collective decision to bring it in to JFK. I'm sure the customs in immigration detail had a lot to do with it, as well as the proximity to JFK.

6. FAs are allowed to administer oxygen as long as the criteria for administering it are met. It's sympomatic dependant and we have the symptoms for it written in our manual. Difficulty breathing being one of them.