Hillary Clinton Abruptly Leaves 9/11 Memorial Ceremony Early, Reports Say She Fainted on Way to Van

Posted on September 11, 2016 by State of the Nation

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 11: Democratic presidental nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves the September 11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on September 11, 2016 in New York City. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump attended the September 11 Commemoration Ceremony. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

by MONA SALAMA  11 Sep 2016  NEW YORK CITY

Follow Breitbart News for livewire coverage of Sunday’s 9/11 remembrances. This morning in New York City, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton left a 9/11 memorial ceremony early for what several reports have dubbed a medical episode.

UPDATE 12:06 P.M. ET

Cheers as Hillary leaves Chelsea Clinton’s apartment. “How are you feeling, Secretary Clinton? Are you feeling better?” A reporter asks. “Yes, thank you very much,” Clinton responds.

UPDATE 12:03 P.M. ET

Infamous pharmaceutical executive and mega-troll Martin Shkreli was present and taunted Clinton.

UPDATE 11:59 A.M. ET

A video from Twitter user Zdenek Gazda — apparently a New Jersey resident, who also took video of Donald Trump appearing at the event — shows Clinton’s security detail dragging her into the same van pictured outside Chelsea Clinton’s apartment.

UPDATE 11:24 A.M. ET

Dan Merica, CNN’s Clinton reporter, snaps a photo of outside Chelsea Clinton’s Manhattan apartment–and says Hillary Clinton’s van and Secret Service detail are outside.

In addition, according to Politico Playbook quoting USA Today’s Eliza Collins–Clinton’s pool reporter on Sunday–“the campaign kept her in the dark about Clinton’s whereabouts.”

UPDATE 11:15 A.M. ET

More media are confirming that Hillary Clinton had a medical episode.

And now even the Clinton campaign confirms that she indeed did have a medical episode.

Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill issued the statement that she was “overheated” and “departed” to head to her daughter Chelsea Clinton’s nearby apartment, according to CBS News.

“Secretary Clinton attended the September 11th Commemoration Ceremony for just an hour and thirty minutes this morning to pay her respects and greet some of the families of the fallen,” Merrill said. “During the ceremony, she felt overheated so departed to go to her daughter’s apartment, and is feeling much better.”

UPDATE 11:03 A.M. ET

A producer for Lawrence O’Donnell’s MSNBC program, The Last Word, has also heard from multiple law enforcement sources that Clinton had a “medical episode” at the 9/11 memorial.

The MSNBC reporting confirms earlier reporting by Fox News Channel.

UPDATE 10:55 A.M. ET

Breitbart News has obtained video of a Hillary Clinton staffer, pool press secretary Varun Arund, saying he does not know what was happening with his own candidate at the 9/11 memorial.

“Is the motorcade still here?” a female reporter asked Arund.

“I don’t know,” the Clinton staffer responded.

“Is Scooby still here? Is Scooby still here? Is there any way you could go to the street and just check if Scooby is still here and let us know?” the reporter followed up.

“I don’t have any updates,” Arund, Clinton’s spokesman, said. “Sorry.”

The video, which was shot by Breitbart News’ Jennifer Lawrence, ends with the female reporter confirming that the Clinton campaign has blocked reporters from leaving the area they were kept in.

“Since we can’t walk to the street…” the female reporter said, before the video cuts off.

The Clinton campaign has not responded to press inquiries about why Hillary Clinton suddenly departed the 9/11 memorial unexpectedly.

UPDATE 10:34 A.M. ET

Hillary Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill–and the Clinton campaign–have not responded to multiple requests for comment from Breitbart News. According to multiple Breitbart News reporters on the scene, other media outlets are aware of what happened with Clinton–but are refusing to report the details thus far. More details are forthcoming.

UPDATE 10:29 A.M. ET

Ed Henry is reporting that Hillary Clinton’s campaign is purposefully keeping reporters in the dark.

The original story begins below.

NEW YORK CITY — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton reportedly fainted on the way to her van after she abruptly left the 9/11 memorial ceremony at Ground Zero of the attack on the 15th anniversary, having to be helped into her vehicle by a protective detail.

Clinton, who was here and only about 20 feet away from Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, was listening along with Trump to the reading of the names lost in the terror attacks on this tragic day 15 years ago. Trump appeared at the ceremony around 8:20 a.m. receiving applause when he arrived, while Clinton arrived shortly before the first bell rang at 8:46 a.m. which is a citywide moment of silence in observance of time the first plane struck the North Tower. Shortly before 9:37 a.m.–the time marked for a moment of silence in observance of the flight that struck the Pentagon down just outside Washington, D.C.–Clinton was seen leaving the ceremony with her press corps in tow. Clinton was leaving through a back entrance, quietly.

Several reports have surfaced since Clinton abruptly left the 9/11 memorial ceremony that she had a medical emergency and fainted on the way to her car. Her U.S. Secret Service protective detail actually had to help carry her into her car, according to a Fox News report from Rick Leventhal.

A witness told Leventhal that Clinton ditching the ceremony was an “unexpected” early departure, and that her “knees buckled” as she stumbled off the curb and lost a shoe when she fainted.

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