Posted on 05/31/2015 1:47:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Secretary of State John Kerry suffered a broken leg in a bike accident in France early Sunday, and will return to the U.S. for treatment, the State Department said.
The cycling accident occurred near Scionzier, France, about 25 miles from Geneva, where Kerry had been holding nuclear talks with Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif.
Kerry was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Geneva in a stable condition, and is said to be in good spirits.
State Department spokesman John Kirby said Kerry had suffered a broken femur, but is expected to make a full recovery.
"Given the injury is near the site of his prior hip surgery, he will return to Boston today to seek treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital with his doctor who did the prior surgery," Kirby said.
He said the Secretary of State never lost consciousness, and was grateful to the French and Swiss doctors and nurses who assisted him.
Paramedics and a physician were in Kerry's motorcade at the time of the accident, Kirby said.
Kerry was due to head to Madrid on Sunday for talks with Spain's king and prime minister, before attending a meeting in Paris on Tuesday with coalition members battling ISIS.
Kirby said Kerry was planning to partake in Tuesday's meeting remotely.
Francois must have slipped on a croissant.
Thinking another Silver Star is due
The real question is, “Is the bike OK?”
It’s not easy breaking a thighbone. My guess is he is already somewhat fragile after previous smashes and hip replacements.
Maybe the doctor will put Kerry in a state of the art electric /automatic wheelchair during his recuperation.
He blamed a Secret Service agent in 2004 when he fell off his snowboard:
"Kerry said sharply, "I don't fall down," the "son of a b*itch knocked me over."
Trust me, if he was doing something really manly we would be hearing about it, non stop. Instead we hear his “motorcade” included a doctor and paramedic at the time of the accident, which means he was wasting our money again trying to be cool.
i did mine when i was 13.
If you need a motorcade escort complete with doctor and paramedic, maybe you don’t need to ride a bike.
Accidents tend to happen when adults behave like twelve-year-olds.
Meanwhile, the Iranians are convulsed with laughter.
The difference between a man and a girlie-man.
Gee, I hope he doesn’t get a pulmonary embolism or anything.
Remember how the press made fun of W after his bike accident?
I still say it’s those goofy looking hats they wear.
Which bike accident?
I guess he’ll be getting his 4th Purple Heart.
And note #18 in that thread, this isn’t Kerry’s first mishap on a bike.
Now the Devil himself will go over and deals it up with Iran.
You get medals for that, don’cha know.
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