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BumRushDaShow

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6. Wow 2 in the past week

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:00 PM

Dec 2016

At first I thought this article was talking about what happened with Buzz Aldrin and then saw the age (almost 10 years age difference between them) and then blinked and said wait! This is about John Glenn!

Hope both of these men are able to recover.

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Former senator, astronaut John Glenn hospitalized [View all] Cooley Hurd Dec 2016 OP

Certainly among the bravest American citizens of the 20th century. blm Dec 2016 #1

... shenmue Dec 2016 #2

Please get better, Senator! Aristus Dec 2016 #3

best wishes for a speedy recovery, Senator Glenn Trailrider1951 Dec 2016 #4

wishing him and his family the best Skittles Dec 2016 #5

Wow 2 in the past week BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #6

He is the last surviving Mercury project astronauts! lastlib Dec 2016 #7

I shook his hand in 2004 Mendocino Dec 2016 #8

Same here pinboy3niner Dec 2016 #12

I love this man... FarPoint Dec 2016 #9

Uncle Walter said it first! SCVDem Dec 2016 #10

At 95, he's had quite a good run. I wish him all the besr. Hekate Dec 2016 #11