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Mrs. Mikulski seriously fractured her right ankle last fall just prior to Edward M. Kennedy's death. Due to the severity of the fracture, she had to have open reduction surgery, that included the insertion of pins, as well as the use of special surgical boots, during recovery. She had tried to arrive in time for Mr. Kennedy's funeral but was turned away.

What a strange paragraph. She rushed through surgery and dragged herself up to the Kennedy's Dead Party, and they turned her away?

[Nonstatist]

Like Forrest Gump, she ran up the stairs with her arms flailing and her leg braces crumbling from the exertion, only to be turned away at the door. A heart-warming, poignant moment.