thank you, I've been wondering when it occured.
Ok, so it happens at say 5:45. It takes half hour to get him to the ER. Another hour or two to have him seen, tests run, specialists called in. (and that may be pushing it, time-wise) It's now 8:15.
Family needs to be called, police spoken to, more activity. More tests, doctors to speak with, reports to be heard. It's now 9:15.
And the media thinks Cheney should have called them at 9-10 at night (or later)?! Hogwash..!
I haven't seen any of the interview, but I would assume Cheney did all of that, then he really needed to deal with his own feelings about what happened. To give him the rest of the night after say ten......is not asking too much. The press is like vultures........accidents happen to all of us. I think most Americans understand and see the media as the vultures they are.
These are WASHINGTON TIMES:
6:50 p.m While aiming for a quail, Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter Harry Whittington, striking him in the face, neck and chest with numerous pellets of birdshot. Medical staff, Secret Service agents and members of the hunting party administer first aid.
7:00 p.m. The Secret Service notifies the Kenedy County Sheriff's office of the incident. The sheriff requests the chance to talk to Cheney, and arrangements are made for an interview Sunday morning.
7:20 p.m. An ambulance transports the 78-year-old Texas lawyer to a nearby hospital in Kleberg, according to The Associated Press.
7:30 p.m. The remainder of the hunting party returns to the ranch house. White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card tells President Bush that there has been a hunting accident, unaware at the time that the vice president was involved.
8 p.m. After talking with Katharine Armstrong, whose family owns the ranch and who accompanied the hunting party, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove tells Bush that Cheney has shot Whittington.
Evening Cheney and members of the hunting party dine at the ranch, and sheriff's deputies who heard reports of an accident arrive to offer help but are turned away, the AP reported, adding that the Secret Service retracted an earlier statement that the deputies sought to interview Cheney.
9:15 p.m. Whittington is flown to a hospital in Corpus Christi and is treated in the intensive care unit, the AP reported.