Sen. Ted Kennedy has collapsed at a luncheon held for President Barack Obama at the Capitol, CNN and ABC News report. Paramedics arrived on the scene, and Kennedy was taken from the luncheon on a stretcher.
"My prayers are with him and his family and Vicki," Obama said in remarks a few minutes after the incident.
Kennedy was at a table with Sen. John Kerry and others, George Stephanopoulos reports. President Barack Obama went out of the room with him, but he returned.
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) was also taken out of the luncheon earlier. According to MSNBC he was having trouble eating, but his condition was not serious. |