Former President George H.W. Bush was stable and will be in a neck brace after he fell at his home in Kennebunkport, Maine, and broke a bone in his neck, his spokesman said Wednesday night.
Jim McGrath, Bush’s spokesman and speechwriter, announced the news on Twitter:
41 fell at home in Maine today and broke a bone in his neck. His condition is stable — he is fine — but he'll be in a neck brace.
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 16, 2015No further details were immediately available. Bush, the 41st president, turned 91 last month and uses a wheelchair because he can no longer walk.
The former president spent the week of last Christmas in a Houston hospital after he experienced difficulty breathing. He spent nearly two months at the same hospital in January 2013 for bronchitis-related issues.
This article first appeared on NBCNews.com.
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