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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Mary Jo.......
I hope this thread goes better than the last.
There is not a damn thing to joke about with a stroke.
May the Lord’s Will be done.
Not my thread, but don’t make the moderator babysit. You know, my mama said, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.”
looks like he is intubated (I think the purple thing is an ambu bag)
This could be quite serious.
Prayers for his recovery and healthful retirement
Last thread got pulled. This is big news with a lot of repercussions and it should not be put in the dustbin.
The last thread just got pulled. The mods were having to delete every other comment.
Lets keep it respectable.
No new news?
I’ve already heard a rumor that he died 30 minutes ago.
Wow, speechless...I don’t like the mans politics, but don’t wish anything bad on him.
They just zotted the other breaking news on this.
IBTZ!
I guess they didn’t want to moderate it, but there is too much interest to ignore.
Ted Kennedy? Whos that?
looks like he is intubated (I think the purple thing is an ambu bag)
This could be quite serious.
Prayers for his recovery and healthful retirement
(In another thread I pointed out that maybe Mass Gov could appoint Joe Kennedy in his place if the need arises. I’ve since been reminded that in ‘04 when it looked like Kerry
might poss. win, the MA legislature changed the rules so
governors (Romney was Gov at the time) could no longer
do this. I stand corrected.) MA current governor is a Dem
of course (& a pal of Barrack)
Where did you hear this?
where did you here that???
The nicest thing I can think of right now is: “....”
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