George HW Bush, 91, Falls, Breaks Bone In Neck, Hospitalized - LEX18 Lexington KY News
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) - Former President George H. W. Bush, at 91 the oldest living former president, was being treated at a hospital early Thursday for a broken bone in his neck suffered in a fall and was wearing a brace. Bush, the 41st U. S. president, fell on Wednesday at his summer home in Kennebunkport but was doing OK, a Bush spokesman said. "41 fell at home in Maine today and broke a bone in his neck," spokesman Jim McGrath tweeted on Wednesday night. Bush was being treated at Portland's Maine Medical Center, where a children's hospital is named for his wife. The medical center confirmed his condition was stable but said it was premature to speculate about when he'll be released. Bush, a Republican, served two terms as Ronald Reagan's vice president before being elected president in 1988. After one term, highlighted by the success of the 1991 Gulf War in Kuwait, he lost to Democrat Bill Clinton amid voters' concerns about... Bush, the father of Republican former President George W. Bush, was a naval aviator in World War II and was shot down over the Pacific. He celebrated his 90th birthday by making a tandem parachute jump near his Kennebunkport home. Source: www.lex18.com
