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  • Former Astronaut John Glenn, Wife Recover From Car Accident

    08/07/2006 1:05:29 PM PDT · by cabojoe · 28 replies · 952+ views
    Space.com ^ | 7 August 2006 | AP
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Former senator and astronaut John Glenn and his wife, Annie, were discharged Sunday from a hospital where they had been recovering from what he called a “very serious'' car accident. “I do not recommend you go test your air bags the way we did the other night,” Glenn said. Neither Glenn nor his wife was seriously injured, said Dr. Paul Beery. Beery said the former senator suffered a minor fracture in his sternum. Glenn was struck in the chest by his car’s air bag as it deployed during the accident, according to past reports. “As far...