Posted on 05/17/2008 9:02:55 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
HYANNIS -- U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy was rushed by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital this morning after falling ill at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport.
Hyannis fire responded to the compound after a call was made around 8:30 a.m. It's unclear what Kennedy's medical condition is, but after he spent almost two hours in the emergency room a decision was made to transfer him to Mass General Hospital in Boston.
Kennedy, 76, was placed on a stretcher and wheeled out to the MedFlight helicopter around 10:15 a.m. where it took off from Barnstable Municipal Airport.
The Kennedy family is preparing to host the annual Best Buddies Challenge event in Hyannisport this afternoon, which is a fund-raiser for the organization. Best Buddies was founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver and helps people with intellectual disabilities.
Hundreds are expected to participate in the event, which kicked off this morning with a 100-mile bicycle ride from the Kennedy Library in Boston to Hyannisport.
A concert at the Kennedy compound is scheduled for tonight.
Kennedy has represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate for forty-three years.
He was elected in 1962 to finish the final two years of the Senate term of his brother, Senator John F. Kennedy, who was elected president in 1960.
Since then, Kennedy has been re-elected to seven full terms, and is now the second most senior member of the Senate.
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Well, crud. It didn’t last past post 9.
I will remain silent.
drudge is asleep on this one. It is quite possible that he died. We will have to wait and see. Will this pull in more sympathy for Obama?
Primaries must have been too much for him, wish him a speedy recovery.
We will be watched here people, show them how decent people respond to situations like this.
What happened to the last thread?
Hoping for the best Senator, stay strong.
I confess to restraining myself from expressing my own personal opinion about the Senator, and I’m more able to do so when I consider that many Freepers have been praying for our founder Jim Robinson in other threads, and I wouldn’t want anyone expressing less than cordial and polite (if not encouraging) thoughts towards Jim.
I’ve called for the Lord’s Will to be done in the case of Senator Kennedy, and I would like to believe he would ask for nothing more and nothing less himself.
I do not like Ted Kennedy. But I am sorry that he is ill and hope the best for him and his family. I also hope he goes into peaceful retirement away from the rigors of the Senate and politics.
Show a little class, OK?
You got that right. My husband had one a couple of years ago. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
Prayers up for Sen. Kennedy. Hope he makes a full recovery.
Dead?
Where did you read that?
Prayers.
so , The Mod “pulled” the 1st thread
I stated that I hoped we ( FReepers ) could post in a respectful manner
think of JimRob , please
Prayers up for the family.
I agree. Like I said on the other thread I don’t like the things he has done or what he stands for, but I wish him health and hapiness.
another forum, someone claimed to hear it on local radio. who knows
the people of massachusetts have kept this guy on the public dole for too long.
he has been kept very comfortable at taxpayers expense.
Don’t forget that sometimes we have folks that aren’t Freepers posting on threads too just to make us look bad.
I do not like Kennedy. But, I wish him good health in every way.
lol!
Those times don’t look good for tPA treatment.
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4751
Wish him well.
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