Hillary Clinton rushed away from 9/11 ceremony due to ‘medical episode’
US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has reportedly appeared to faint as she prematurely left the 9/11 memorial service in New York.
The Democratic presidential nominee left the memorial service early, with sources saying that she lost a shoe as she was helped into a van.
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A source told Fox News that Clinton’s knees appeared to buckle as she left the service.
The source told US media said that the 68-year-old was “clearly having some type of medical episode” and was forced to make an “unexpected early departure”, having to be helped into a van by her protective detail.
A spokesman for Clinton, Nick Merrill, said Clinton had attended the service for an hour and 30 minutes.
He said: “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.
“During the ceremony , she felt overheated so departed to go to her daughter’s apartment, and is feeling much better.”
One journalist who has been following Clinton on the campaign trail tweeted that Clinton left the 9/11 ceremony with the press pool not told where she was going.
Fox News also reported that the former Secretary of State had to wait for her motorcade for several minutes as her security detail had not realised she would be leaving early.