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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Me too.
Unfortunetly he will be hiding out in the Mens room at the Illinois State Capital to dodge voting on the floor.
Amen!!!
Well lubrication normally helps bearings....not so sure about blood flow though...LOL!
fwiw, they KNOW what i think about "Teddy,The Driver".
had i done what he DID, i'd still be "in a room to which i have no suitable key".
free dixie,sw
It sounds Revolting
( ie: I've seen many seizure, unresponsive suspected CVA's, drug/alcohol O.D.'s etc, etc..get intubated. )
Best to control..if in doubt of AW protection.
And if you had put a PA-28 into the Atlantic ocean, there would be no US Navy armada searching for you either. I wonder how that happened for his nephew...
Best wishes for a full recovery and a long, happy retirement for Ted Kennedy.
Sincere thanks to those of you, the majority here, who have conducted themselves with decorum.
Boston Globe is reporting he had a second seizure during the helicopter ride to Mass General.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/05/ted_kennedy_sai.html
You’re welcome.
Plausible deniability.
He was probably taken out to give Hillary her NY Senate seat.
i rest my case.
free dixie,sw
[You know, my mama said, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.”]
I am thinking a whole bunch of ‘nothing at all’!
Sorry
Thank you so much for all of your hard work.
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