WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he hopes to have surgery to repair a broken leg suffered Saturday during a victory parade for the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team.
In a tweet Saturday night, Blumenthal said a fellow parader tripped and fell on him during the event in Hartford, Connecticut, to celebrate the team’s winning the NCAA basketball title on April 4 in Houston.
The 77-year-old Democrat said he was expecting “routine surgery” on his femur scheduled for Sunday and expects a full recovery.
“What can I say, I love a parade!” she tweeted.
Connecticut’s other US Senator, Chris Murphy, tweeted that “after breaking his femur he got up, dusted himself off and DONE THE PARADE. The greatest Dick Blumenthal thing ever.
Connecticut State Representative Matt Blumenthal tweeted that he heard his father “was also on the review stand for a while. Hard as nails, and he’ll be on his feet in no time!
Blumenthal is serving his third term in the Senate after being re-elected in November. He was a federal state attorney before serving in the state House of Representatives and Senate and as Connecticut’s attorney general.
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