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Both are in hospital but did you ever imagine this
Buzz Aldrin, the famed former NASA astronaut who was the second man to walk on the moon, had to be evacuated Thursday from a personal expedition to the South Pole after exhibiting signs of altitude sickness.
But in a twist that, well, blows our minds, Aldrin landed at a hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he was treated by none other than .?.?. a David Bowie.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/12/06/buzz-aldrin-being-treated-by-a-doctor-named-david-bowie-yes-after-south-pole-evacuation/?utm_term=.23c5bbad40fa
Yes the doctor's name is David Bowie
mercuryblues
(14,464 posts)had a good sense of humor. Who would have thought when they named him, he would become a doctor who would treat a man who went to space?
malaise
(267,455 posts)Who would have thought Aldrin needed another thrill in Antarctica at his age and then get altitude sickness