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Hillary Clinton collapses during speech
The senator, who had complained of a stomach virus, was treated at the scene.
Associated Press
Published January 31, 2005
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton collapsed Monday during a speech on Social Security, a radio station reported.
""She fainted after not feeling well, got medical attention and is proceeding with her planned schedule,'' according to a statement released by her office in Washington.
Colleen DiPirro, president of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce, told WBEN-AM radio that Clinton told the crowd she was feeling weak and had had a stomach virus. Clinton started to speak then collapsed, DiPirro told the radio station.
Clinton, 57, was smiling when she walked out of the private club where she had collapsed, the club's general manager said.
""I saw her walk out the door by herself, she smiled and said "thank you','' said Saturn Club general manager Vincent Tracy.
She was scheduled to speak later Monday at a Catholic college about health care. Several hundred people were waiting to hear that address. There were also hundreds of anti-abortion protesters waiting at the college.
President Bill Clinton, the senator's 58-year-old husband, underwent quadruple bypass surgery in September.
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