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| Subject: Gov Corzine apologizes for not wearing seatbelt. Wonder when bush will apologize for committing TREASON. | |
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Date Posted: 18:30:06 04/30/07 Mon In reply to: Oropan 's message, "Speeding again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" on 15:23:18 04/30/07 Mon Again??????????????? >GEEEZZZ! 15 mph over the speed limit in a caravan of >BIG gas guzzlers!!!!!!!!!!! > > > >FLORENCE, N.J., April 30 — Gov. Jon S. Corzine >apologized to New Jersey residents Monday as he left >the hospital 18 days after a devastating car crash in >which he was not wearing a seat belt and was riding in >a car traveling at more than 91 miles an hour on the >Garden State Parkway. > >“I set a very bad example,” said a contrite Mr. >Corzine, who broke his left femur and 11 ribs in the >accident, speaking from a wheelchair just outside >Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J. > >His voice breaking with emotion, he added: “I hope the >state will forgive me. I will work very hard to set >the right kind of example.” > >Wearing a red Cooper T-shirt, black track pants and >running shoes, Mr. Corzine, 60, spoke for less than a >minute and refused to answer questions from reporters. >The comments were his first public utterances since >the accident, except for telling a photographer for >The Associated Press last week that he felt blessed. > >Mr. Corzine thanked his doctors at Cooper as well as >the emergency medical technicians and helicopter >pilots who tended to him immediately following the >crash and who met with him Monday before his release. >His son Jeffrey pushed the wheelchair and his >daughter, Jennifer, walked alongside. > >“I couldn’t be more grateful for all the support I’ve >been given from people around the state,” said the >governor, a Democrat who is in his first term. > >“I don’t think people realize just how much people >care and show their support,” he said. “There is >nothing more important in life than those people who >care about you all the time in the moments of joy and >the moments of pain.” > >Mr. Corzine was injured April 12 when his state >vehicle crashed on the Garden State Parkway near >Atlantic City. At the time of the accident, he was not >wearing a seat belt, as state law requires, and the >vehicle was exceeding the posted 65 m.p.h. speed limit >by more than 25 miles an hour. > >He broke 11 ribs, lost half of the blood in his body >and also broke his left femur, a clavicle, his sternum >and a vertebra in his lower back. > >Today, after his brief comments, Mr. Corzine got into >a dark GMC Savana van that he purchased in the last >few days and had specially modified for his >wheelchair. He left the hospital in a six-car caravan >that included a black state police Crown Victoria, a >Chevrolet Suburban like the one he had been riding in >on April 12, a Mercedes station wagon and two other >cars. > >No one in the motorcade used emergency lights, as his >driver had been doing at the time of the accident. >They kept to a pace of about 70 miles per hour, even >though the posted limit is 55 on the stretch of >Interstate 295 that leads to Drumthwacket, the >governor’s official mansion in Princeton, where Mr. >Corzine will spend the next stage of his recovery. > >It remained unclear when the governor might return to >his official duties. > >Richard J. Codey, the Democratic president of the >State Senate, has been serving as acting governor >since the crash. > >The governor’s brief public appearance after he >emerged from the hospital was a carefully >stage-managed event. A lectern was brought into the >hospital foyer in the late morning, but later taken >away, when Mr. Corzine’s aides revealed that the >governor would not attempt to walk or stand during his >remarks. They said last week that he was able to take >a few steps using a walker. > >Mr. Corzine’s press staff rebuffed requests from >reporters who wanted a chance to ask the governor >about his recollections of the crash and his plans to >return to work. > >The administration did, however, accede to suggestions >from some of the two dozen camera crews on hand that >they relocate the press conference from its originally >planned location, a shady spot just outside the >hospital entrance. Photographers argued that the >shadows and low light might ruin their shots and make >Mr. Corzine appear pallid. So the governor’s aides >agreed to set up the press conference 30 feet away, >where the shade and sun met. > >An X was marked on the pavement with duct tape, and >one of the governor’s spokesmen, Andrew Poag, sat in a >wheelchair to allow the photographers to adjust their >camera settings. > >Lori Schaffer, the spokeswoman for Cooper University >Hospital, made certain that a banner with the >hospital’s name and logo was strategically located in >the background. > >“He can’t wait to get out,” said Anthony Coley, Mr. >Corzine’s communications director. “Just like anyone >who’s just spent the last two-and-a-half weeks in the >hospital.” > >About 100 people gathered to watch the event, >including hospital employees, visitors and >pedestrians; there were some 25 news cameras on hand >to record it. > >Anne Theochrides, who works in the marketing >department of a physical rehabilitation center across >the street, said she had closely followed news >accounts of Mr. Corizine’s progress during his time in >the hospital and wanted to be there when he left. > >“I was hoping he’d go to one of our facilities,” Ms. >Theochrides said, “But I guess he wanted to go home to >the mansion, where he could do business, too. 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