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Ted Kennedy Airlifted to Mass. General Hospital
Breaking news on MSNBC:
Sen. Ted Kennedy was just airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital with an emergency "undisclosed illness." His press office is not returning calls at the moment.
Can someone at TPM please get on this story?
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Comments (8)
UPDATE: He has apparently had a stroke. More to come.
May 17, 2008 11:37 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ted and his entire family has my prayers. I hope that he is going to be ok.
May 17, 2008 11:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
UPDATE: In October 2007, Sen. Kennedy had a preventative surgery to fix a blocked carotid artery (which can be a cause of a stroke -- when a clogged artery blocks blood to the brain).
Hopefully Ted will be okay.
May 17, 2008 11:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
My prayers that the Lion sleeps tonight.
May 17, 2008 12:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Prayers and healing thoughts for Sen. Kennedy and the whole Kennedy family.
May 17, 2008 12:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
UPDATE as of 2:03 PM Eastern Time:
May 17, 2008 2:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
The guy is a lion, I'm rooting for him as well.
May 17, 2008 3:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
The following excerpt from CNN news is cause to hope.
Senator Kennedy used the phone from the hospital.
That is very good news.
Excerpt:
The patient was subsequently transferred to the hospital's municipal airport, and a Boston Med Flight helicopter flew the man to Massachusetts General, Lt. Bill Rex said.
Family members reported that Kennedy was well enough later in the morning to call to say he would not be able to join them for lunch.
They said they were guardedly optimistic he would make a full recovery.
May 17, 2008 6:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
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