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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I flipped through the cable channels this morning. They were practically delivering Eulogies -- talking in thew past tense about how great he "was". Pretty wierd.
I would not dance around the sick bed of anyone. Even Bin Laden. I would pray for their conversion/salvation. Christ died for them, how can his followers show any less concern or mercy for one created in God’s image.
God does not want anyone to be lost, but died for all.
Yes, actions are heinous and deserve condemnation, but we can pray for the salvation of the person created in God’s image. God could and did save me despite my sin, how could I wish any less for a fellow human being?
Has anyone been brave enough to see what they are saying about Kennedy at DU?
Brain tumor?
Praying for your husband.
Anyone know why they would put the breathing bag on him for a seizure?
Oh geez..could that statement from Obama be any longer? It was a novel.
I READ YOUR POST, ARE YOU HAPPIER NOW?
Well its just strange for Drudge not to have this up. Not trying to say anything.
BTW folks, if he were to be permanently incapacitated, the Governor would appoint another Dem, likely Joe Kennedy, to take his place. (my guess)
God Bless TK!
I pray that he recovers and becomes a Christian, wouldn`t that be Great!!!! God Bless TK, imagine him as a Christian, what a great witness that would be! TK as a Republican leading the charge for the unborn and prayer in schools etc.
I would only ask the media not to re write history, sounds to me like someone else. I don`t know the TK the cable channels are talking about...lets be real
a seizure can be drop-dead serious too.
I know, but Jim Robinson is worth it.
Sure. And they can be benign.
At least they are talking about him in present tense now.
Amen.
Word is, Mike Rowe's over there now and should be reporting in soon.
Perhaps MSN Chat is more your league?
You're disappointed you're not free to trash the guy while his life might hang in the balance?
Where is the Christian compassion?
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