Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole
Source: BBC
Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon, has been evacuated from the South Pole after falling ill.
The former 86-year-old astronaut was visiting Antarctica in a tourist group and was evacuated to the US Antarctic Program's research centre.
The White Desert tour company said Mr Aldrin was stable under the care of a doctor.
The evacuation flight was provided by the National Science Foundation who said Mr Aldrin was "ailing".
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38172205
Hang in there, Buzz - get your ass back to health!
BumRushDaShow
(127,279 posts)Talk about going to places where (relatively) few go as an exotic trip. It's transitioning into "summer" there but still....
I hope he is able to fully recover!
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)One of my uncles was a geologist and went on one of the early expeditions to the North Pole.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,079 posts)Can't say he hasn't lived an incredible life.
Aristus
(66,075 posts)Prisoner_Number_Six
(15,676 posts)PLEASE tell me a professional journalist didn't write that...
muriel_volestrangler
(101,149 posts)But checking, I find the also 86 year old Andrew Sachs, who played Manuel in Fawlty Towers, has died!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)for journalism these days.