News from Cuba....

[stormraiser]

maybe I missed this, but I didn't see it mentioned before



Fidel Castro Falls, Breaks Knee, Arm

HAVANA -- Cuban President Fidel Castro tripped and fell after leaving the stage at a graduation ceremony, fracturing a knee and arm but later returning to say that he was "all in one piece."

Castro's off-camera tumble after a Wednesday night speech in the central city of Santa Clara was certain to launch a new round of speculation about the 78-year-old communist leader's health after 45 years of rule.

A medical examination early Thursday confirmed that Castro suffered a broken left knee and a hairline fracture in his upper right arm, said an official notice read early Thursday on state television. Castro asked that the note be made public, the statement said.

[Wnghs2007]

maybe I missed this, but I didn't see it mentioned before



Fidel Castro Falls, Breaks Knee, Arm

HAVANA -- Cuban President Fidel Castro tripped and fell after leaving the stage at a graduation ceremony, fracturing a knee and arm but later returning to say that he was "all in one piece."

Castro's off-camera tumble after a Wednesday night speech in the central city of Santa Clara was certain to launch a new round of speculation about the 78-year-old communist leader's health after 45 years of rule.

A medical examination early Thursday confirmed that Castro suffered a broken left knee and a hairline fracture in his upper right arm, said an official notice read early Thursday on state television. Castro asked that the note be made public, the statement said.

Hmmmmm. Interesting. Thanks

[Brent]

There's video.

It's freaking hilarious. Imagine your legs just being taken out from under you.



At first I thought it was a U.S. coup attempt.

[Wnghs2007]

There's video.

It's freaking hilarious. Imagine your legs just being taken out from under you.



At first I thought it was a U.S. coup attempt.

[OklahomaWeather]

Have a link to that video?

[Ixolib]

This link might work...

http://cf.nbc6.net/ami/sh/videoplayer/video.cfm?id=3838440&owner=ami

[Miss Mary]

Maybe I'm the lone member here that doesn't think this if funny. He missed a step! I sympathize b/c I've done this several times, twisting ankles.....hobbling around for weeks. Now I look down, not up. And when I walk next to people I'm having a conversation with, I don't look at them, but rather I look down so I don't trip on something. Just a trick I've learned in my old age. I could tell from that video he thought he had stepped on the floor and didn't realize there was one more step.

Ouch.

Mary