John Kerry injures leg in bicycle crash

[deminks]

Source: Associated Press

GENEVA — Secretary of State John Kerry was helicoptered to a Swiss hospital Sunday after a bike crash outside of Geneva, where he had been holding nuclear talks with Iran’s foreign minister.

Kerry suffered a likely leg injury, but did not lose consciousness, State Department spokesman John Kirby said. The top American diplomat was in stable condition.

Kerry suffered the accident near Scionzier, France, about 25 miles southeast of the Swiss border. Paramedics and a physician were on the scene with his motorcade at the time.

Kerry was transported to Geneva’s main hospital HUG, where he was being evaluated, Kirby said.

Read more: http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2015/05/31/kerry-helicoptered-hospital-after-bike-crash/Qq98YxBF2Ca8ETlD7CNoMK/story.html

[orpupilofnature57]

1. He participated in the ride from Boston to Provincetown for years . n/t

[MBS]

4. yup, he's a serious bicyclist

And, since he lost several family members (his father, his ex-wife) and valued colleagues (Teddy Kennedy) to cancer, and survived his own cancer scare, I have no doubt that the Pan-Mass Challenge (which benefits the Dana-Farber cancer center, I believe) was and is personal for him.

[joshcryer]

5. And an athlete in general.

Remember the smears against him for windsurfing in 2004? Just baseless nonsense, but it was great media bullshit.

[MBS]

6. Yeah, baseless nonsense is right

Don't get me started on the outrageously shallow, lazy and irresponsible media coverage of the 2004 campaign.

[joshcryer]

7. I hear you.

Hoping for a quick and painless recovery for Kerry.

[MBS]

8. me, too n/t

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

44. Or the 2000 "Gore is a serial liar" wall-to-wall coverage.

[MBS]

46. that, too n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Oh geez

I just saw a WP breaking about this.

Hope he gets well quickly!!!! I expect that he is probably fussing about this being a distraction to what he needs and wants to do. He seems to be very high energy.

[MBS]

3. I can totally see how this would be his attitude

Get well quickly, but please take care of yourself, Sec. Kerry -- We need you!

[mylye2222]

11. Not the place to make such comments.

[MBS]

12. if you really think this man is a warmonger,

you need to pay much, much more attention to everything he has done in his career and his life.

[NobodyHere]

15. He voted for the Iraq War

What else could mitigate that blunder?

[mylye2222]

17. Strange that the ones who constantly attzck Kerry on this

are the sames who have nothing to say about true WARMONGERING Hillarys policies.

[Hekate]

25. Strange you still feel the need to bash Hillary here. How's the French discussion boards?

I'm sure you must belong to at least one political board in France, as obsessed by our politics as you are.

[mylye2222]

27. I do participate on lefty politics groups yes.

[Hekate]

28. Care to expand on that sometime? I keep asking because I am curious....

Are you on a discussion board in your home country, like you are here? (There must be a lot of boards and bloggers there.) You must be quite the fiery partisan -- or does no French politician quite engage your sensibilities the way Hillary does?

[mylye2222]

29. I post on FB groups.

Well unlike a lot of people hère, French political bloggers are aware of the ream Hillary,whothey see she run for herself mainly, and know well about Clinton ultra influence.

[MH1]

32. I bow down to the perfection that is your soul and your life.

So, so sorry that you can't reply to this.

A 7-0 hide is a pretty good achievement. I am proud of the DU jury system today.

[freshwest]

41. +1

[aceofblades]

19. This reply in my review is not only a Non Sequitur to the topic..

..but insensitive as well. Reported.

[MBS]

20. thank you. n/t

[Hekate]

26. Your ignorance about Kerry is so vast, I would say Nobody's Home. Alerted: 7-0 to Hide.

[mylye2222]

30. + 1 000 000 000 000 000..

[MH1]

33. Thank you and thank the jury. 7 -0 is a stellar achievement for "Nobody". nt

[JI7]

38. since that was hidden and i can't reply to it direclty

i will just say here that i don't believe anyone who posts things like that in a thread like this gives a shit about iraqi lives .

really, calling him a warmonger ?

and Kerry voted for Gore which is the only thing that would have stopped the war in Iraq .

[freshwest]

42. Good jury decision. n/t

[MBS]

10. update: he will be operated on in Boston

fractured his right femur, will have surgery in Boston, using surgeon who has treated him before

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2015/05/31/kerry-helicoptered-hospital-after-bike-crash/Qq98YxBF2Ca8ETlD7CNoMK/story.html

[YvonneCa]

24. Glad he's going home for the surgery. So...

...sorry he has to go through this.

[Cooley Hurd]

13. I just heard that he broke his femur!!

[babylonsister]

16. I heard that also. nt

[longship]

14. Broken femur! Serious shit!

Heal quickly, Secretary Kerry!

[frazzled]

22. My dad broke his femur last year--at age 97

And he's not only walking fine now (for a 97-year-old with a steel rod in his thigh, and after lots of physical therapy), but he's back on his bike! Of course, it's just a stationary one (we don't let him out on the road anymore), but he does 20 miles per day on it.

It's hard to keep a cyclist down! JK will be fine.

[MBS]

23. Nice story, thanks.

And a big thumbs-up for your dad!

[hughee99]

21. I hope he gets well. Bicycle accents are only funny when they happen to republicans. n/t

[undeterred]

31. Heal well, John Kerry

We love you, and the world needs you.

[MBS]

34. " " " " n/t

[YvonneCa]

35. ...

...

[karynnj]

36. [phone]

[JI7]

37. maybe he should consider taking it easy with these things

the sec of state job itself involves enough physical movement. he is in better shape than most people his age and even those younger but still things get tougher as one gets older. we saw this with Harry Reid also .

[karynnj]

39. there were many articles over the years, that exercise helps him

Whether biking or windsurfing, he has spoken of how that relaxes him, clears his head, and essentially let's him return to things with a fresh mind. In addition, it is likely why he can endure that schedule, always looking healthy and fit. It might also be part of how he deals with all the pressures with the humor and good nature he has.

It does not sound like he was doing anything particularly dangerous. As a Boston Globe person posted he road the 211 mile day in the pan mass bike race 11 times.

This was exactly what it was called - an accident. Consider that Hillary Clinton was sidelined a few times with accidents. The worst, far worse than this, was her concussion. She was not doing anything athletic or dangerous, she fell.

Kerry is said to be still attending the anti ISIS meeting remotely. Fortunately, his intelligence and eloquence aren't impacted by his broken leg.

It will be interesting to see when he can travel again
He does have the SOS plane and even if he has to use a wheelchair, he could attend meetings ... or push others to relocate them to Boston. He was very fast on crutches when he had them as a Senator after surgery.

[whistler162]

40. Trying to pull a Jed!

[mylye2222]

43. Apparently he spent the night in Geneva and will go back on Monday.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

47. Some TV news person said (and I was only half paying attention) ..

.. that his hip surgeon was flying to Geneva to check him out before allowing him to fly.

That must have caused some rescheduled surgeries.

[romanic]

45. Hope he recovers.

Biking injuries can be a real PITA.