Marco Rubio's daughter injured in car accident

[warrior1]

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/marco-rubios-daughter-injured-car-accident

Sen. Marco Rubio's 12-year-old daughter Amanda was injured in a car accident earlier Saturday in Miami, his office said.

"She was airlifted to Miami Children's hospital. She is in stable condition," his office said in a statement. "Sen. Rubio was notified of the accident after coming off stage while campaigning with Governor Romney in Kissimmee, Florida. He is enroute to Miami."
Detail about the accident was not available Saturday evening.

[madashelltoo]

1. Hope she's okay

[southernyankeebelle]

3. Wish her well.

[yewberry]

2. Hope she's okay.

A 12-year-old isn't responsible for the actions of her dad.

[FLyellowdog]

4. Good thoughts going her way.

Children shouldn't hurt...I hope "stable" soon improves to "good".

[PABigDaddyDemocrat]

5. best wishes...

...for a speedy recovery. No one deserves to feel that kind of fear, not even the 2016 GOP nom.

[Skittles]

6. wishing her well

yes INDEED

[GetTheRightVote]

7. Wishing her well , so young, poor child...

same age as my grand-daughter...

[warrior1]

8. Yes indeed, wishing her well.

Mr. Rubio said this about Harry Reid.

Marco Rubio ?@marcorubio

Wishing @SenatorReid a speedy recovery.

[libdem4life]

9. First Harry Reid, now Amanda Rubio. The odds have to be off the charts for these accidents

to be coincidental. Just sayin'

Prayers to both families.

[Life Long Dem]

16. Yeah right

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Because we all know accidents do not happen

OY

[bluedeminredstate]

10. positive vibes

No one should ever get that kind of phone call. Best wishes to the Rubio family.

[wendylaroux]

11. That's awful,

I hopes she's okay.

[DMacTX]

12. In our thoughts. Thankfully she is stable.

[knitter4democracy]

13. Oh no! I hope and pray she's okay.

My daughter's 12, too, and I would be just devastated if anything like that happened to her. I hope he can get there quickly and safely to be with her.

[KelleyD]

14. Thoughts and prayer go out to the Rubio Family...get well soon! n/t

[Up2Late]

15. Well, what was a 12 year old doing driving a car?!?

Just kidding, I hope she's OK, kids deserve better than to spend a lot of time in the hospital.

Btw, I love the name Amanda, that was my Great-great-grandmother's name.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. May you heal fast kid

[KevTucky]

18. Playing the devil's advocate here....

Will they treat her injuries? Aren't her injuries God's will?

I am not as ignorant as some on the other side. I hope she gets great treatment and is back on her feet soon.

[nobodyspecial]

23. Knock it off

A child is hurt. No time for politics.

[malaise]

25. Puke

[glacierbay]

32. Classy, real fucking classy

a 12 yo child is injured and you want to make it political. There's no place on DU for this shit.
Best wishes to the Rubio family and prayers to Amanda for a speedy recovery.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

48. +1 nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

39. WTH?

[cherokeeprogressive]

40. Wrong. This post proves you ARE as ignorant as some on the other side...

[Renew Deal]

62. Edit

as ignorant as some on

[Nye Bevan]

53. Trolling to make DU look bad (nt)

[likesmountains 52]

58. Really, you might want to delete this if you are an actual supporter of DU. It's uncalled for.

[Renew Deal]

61. You're not?

I suspect there might not be a seperation.

[lunatica]

20. My heart goes out to the Rubio family

It's one of the great fears parents have.

[ejbr]

21. Best wishes n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

22. Poor thing!

I wish her a fast and full recovery.

[JohnnyRingo]

24. "airlifted" and "stable" never sound good.

I hope it's not as serious as it sounds.

I don't know how bad the accident had to be for her to get so hurt in what had to be a modern car or SUV. She must have been surrounded in airbags and secured by a harness. Maybe it was a freak accident.

Best wishes and deep concern to the Rubio family. Poor girl.

[factsarenotfair]

28. That's exactly what I was going to say.

Airlifted and stable...scary. I hope she's ok.

[glacierbay]

36. Being airlifted by helicopter is never a good thing.

My heart goes out to the Rubio family and prayers for Amanda.

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. Don't have access to accident logs

so this is an educated guess.

If the accident had a very serious adult casualty, since kids compensate far better than adults, but do crash and crash hard, you tend to transport as a code trauma in a chopper if the distance is more than 15 minutes by land. So this is not as strange as it sounds, but she will be tested for multiple things to discard multiple things anyway.

If we had a person killed, pretty much you can guarantee a chopper.

Regardless, that is damn scary for an adult patient, let alone a young teen.

[DollarBillHines]

26. Well, at least she has taxpayer-funded insurance.

Won't cause any hardship for her family.

[glacierbay]

34. Knock it the fuck off

a 12 yo child is seriously injured and all you can come up with is that shit? Fucking disgusting.
How about a note of sympathy?

[DollarBillHines]

52. Oh, my God. Someone I don't know got hurt.

Wow.

If this were Demetra Collins' (our housekeeper) kid who got hurt in an accident, would it mean anything to you? It would to me. Who the fuck do you think pays for her insurance? I do.

Rubio's kid? Not so much. I do not give a fuck about her or her family. But I still pay for a tiny tad of Rubio's insurance even tho I wish he did not exist.

I suppose we all have our own sets of priorities.

And don't tell me to "Knock it the fuck off". You don't even know me.

How did you get so imperious, all by yourself?

Ain't it great when yours is the only opinion that counts?

I got mine, you have yours.

That's it.

[glacierbay]

54. Just your smart ass remark tells me all I need to know about

what type of person you are. A 12 yo kid is hurt and all you can come up with is how her insurance is covered?
Fucking disgusting.

[DollarBillHines]

57. How much grief would Marco Rubio display...

if your entire family was wiped out in a car crash?

None, That's fucking what.

Call me when you grow up.

Tell me, what would you expect from Rubio?

[glacierbay]

59. This isn't about Marco Rubio

it's about his 12 yo daughter. Your comments are truly disgusting and do not belong on DU.
Grow the fuck up.

[GreenPartyVoter]

38. I get your point. I do. But you might as well have something nice to say about the poor kid. At

least wish her all the best or something.

[Ilsa]

27. I hope she is okay. I hope Rubio

goes away.

[LeftofObama]

29. I hope she gets better fast!

Best wishes to her and her family!

[darkangel218]

30. I used to live in Miami for quiet a while

And I can tell you, the traffic down there is absolutely horible!! Too many cars, unkept roads, crazy drivers! It's a mess! I am so glad I don't live there anymore, my car insurence went down 40% when I moved up north, and I feel a lot safer driving.

I too wish her a speedy recovery.

[Whovian]

31. Best wishes to her and her family in their time of need.

I may not care for Rubio that much but hope all turns out well for his daughter.

[dballance]

33. It's not at all surprising to me the majority of the posts on this thread are well wishes

I just wonder what any freeper threads about Harry Reid said. However, I refuse to go to that site to see. My guess is were probably not all that nice.

I wish her well. I believe Miami Children's is a fine hospital. In the 10 years I lived in Miami there were never scandalous stories about it.

[renate]

35. best wishes for Amanda

Glad to hear she's stable, and hope the news gets even better.

[GreenPartyVoter]

37. Poor little girl! It sounds serious if she was airlifted to the hospital. :^(

[BlueDemKev]

41. Is she okay?

Very sorry to hear about this. Being from Florida, I KNOW how crazy some people drive down there, especially in Miami!

Get well soon, Amanda. Prayers to the Rubio family.

[Marrah_G]

43. yikes, hope she is okay

[Glimmer of Hope]

44. Poor little girl. Hope she is ok.

[warrior1]

45. Marco Rubio not told daughter was in accident until after rally for Romney

http://americablog.com/2012/10/marco-rubio-not-told-daughter-was-in-accident-until-after-rally-for-romney.html

We need to know more, but I do find it interesting that no one reportedly told GOP Senator Marco Rubio that his daughter was airlifted to a hospital in stable condition following a car accident until AFTER he was done doing a campaign rally with Mitt Romney.

Miami Herald:

Rubio was notified of the accident after coming off stage while campaigning with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Kissimmee.

[JI7]

63. maybe they knew she was ok

but even then i'm guessing most parents would want to know, especially if it involved being airlifted to the hospital.

[HooptieWagon]

46. I hope she has a speedy and complete recovery.

Poor girl... its not her fault her father is a douche-bag.

[Ghost in the Machine]

47. Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery! I will NEVER forget the night my son & niece left here

from my house. I had my police scanner on, and just about 5 minutes later heard a call come over for first responders and ambulances to "Four Corners", a 4 way stop intersection from my house about 3 miles away, for a "two car 46" ( two vehicle accident with injuries). I started thinking "Oh god! I hope it's not them!" A minute later, a first responder was reporting to the ambulance driver he had two patients: a 17 y/o female driver and 18 y/o male passenger, who just recently had knee surgery. My heart stopped for a minute. At the same time, a friend called me and said "You need to get up to 4 corners NOW, your son is laying out in the middle of the road"!

I totally lost it then... called my sister, and my parents, then hauled ass up there in the pouring down rain. By the time I got there, they had my son in the back of the ambulance, but were still working on my niece inside the car. After making sure my son was okay, i went to the car to check on my niece. She was dazed, and asking for her mom. About that time, my sister and parents pulled up... my sister got half-way to the car and froze up. I had to reassure her that her daughter was ok, and was asking for her.

That was one SCAREY night I'll never forget. My heart goes out to Sen. Rubio and his family. Once again, best wishes for a full and speedy recovery to his daughter.

Peace,

Ghost

[PADemD]

49. Healing vibes to Amanda

[WCGreen]

50. I hope she is okay...

I was airlifted out of an accident and I was scared. I was 29 at the time. I can't imagine how scared a 12 would be. My heart goes out to the Rubio family and I hope she is well...

[Horse with no Name]

51. Sending healing love to this baby girl

for a speedy recovery.

[WillowTree]

55. Prayers and good wishes, Little Girl.

(About 99% of this thread makes me proud of DUers.)

[Evergreen Emerald]

56. In my thoughts and prayers.

Be well little girl

[Renew Deal]

60. I hope the kid is OK.

That's not a call any parent wants to receive.

[flamingdem]

64. Friend of the family said mild concussion I believe

she fell off a golf cart

[JohnnyRingo]

65. Is that a fact?

Last edited Sun Oct 28, 2012, 01:51 AM - Edit history (1)

I immediately assumed the worst... a fiery metal grinding automobile accident with injuries requiring trauma stabilization.

Still, I guess she can get hurt falling off a chair, but now I wonder if the life flight was an overreaction because she was politically connected.

Good to know she'll be alright.

on edit:
I read elsewhere that she was admitted to the ICU, so I guess it must have been touch and go for a while. She must have smacked her head pretty hard.

[flamingdem]

66. The pres and veep called Rubio

A nice gesture, I think this was on "Naked Politics" on the Miami Herald if you feel like googling