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Article: SEN. TED KENNEDY SUFFERS SEIZURE: ; Byrd leaves inaugural lunch early
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- January 21, 2009
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Sen. Robert Byrd left President Barack Obama's inaugural luncheon
a little early after his friend and colleague, Sen. Ted Kennedy,
suffered a seizure during the event.
Kennedy, D-Mass., apparently suffered a seizure while sitting
next to Byrd, according to the West Virginia senator's spokesman,
Jesse Jacobs.
Byrd tried to help Kennedy before medical personnel and security
arrived at the senator's side, Jacobs said.
Some media outlets quickly reported that both Kennedy and Byrd
required medical attention, but that is false, Jacobs said.
"Sen. Byrd is fine and sitting in his office right now," Jacobs
said Tuesday afternoon. "He was sitting next to Sen. Kennedy and his
wife when he had a ...