Angela Bassett, Aisha Hinds React to '9-1-1' Crew Member's Tragic Death

Angela Bassett and Aisha Hinds

Following the death of 9-1-1 crew member Rico Priem, who died in a car crash early Saturday morning after working a 14-hour overnight shift for the series, star Angela Bassett is paying tribute.

"The studio, 9-1-1, we all extend our deepest condolences to his friends to his family. It was just a very, very sad moment. We're all rocked by it, certainly," she told Entertainment Tonight at the 2024 Disney/ABC Upfront event at the Javits Center in New York City on Tuesday. "It's the first time [we experience death]. We have births, you know, we have weddings and now to experience this."

She went on to say that the cast took a "moment" to come together "and have whatever bit of service and offer whatever we can do to his family, 'cause we know that we'll miss him but we know they will miss him even more."

Aisha Hinds, who plays Henrietta "Hen" Wilson on the show, paid her respects earlier on Instagram.

"Words….ever insufficient…none able to carry the harrowing heartbreak reverberating through our 9-1-1 family," she wrote. "As the industry processes the passing of one of our invaluable and invested individuals—notably loyal, thus lauded and loved for his commitment to his craft and sharing the wisdom he’d gleaned from decades of working in this industry, hearts are heavy navigating feelings of grief and gratitude for the life of Rico Priem."

She ended the post with condolences to his loved ones, writing, "Whispering a gentle prayer to the sacred soft spaces within his family’s hearts that ache in his absence."

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