Dammit woman, take a break!
Hillary Clinton collapses during speech in New York
Senator declines hospitalization; reportedly will appear at second event
NBC News and news services
Updated: 1:57 p.m. ET Jan. 31, 2005
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton collapsed Monday during during a speech but aides said the former first lady quickly recovered from what they described as a fainting spell triggered by a 24-hour flu and planned to appear at a second public engagement.
"She's fine," aides to the junior senator from New York told NBC News.
An aide to the 57-year-old Clinton, who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the senator had been suffering from a flu bug but pressed ahead with an appearance before a group of women voters.
She was speaking about Social Security in a warm room in the Saturn Club in front of 150 people when she briefly lost consciousness, according to the aide.
"She was weak and needed to sit down. She fainted," the aide said.
Colleen DiPirro, president of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce, told WBEN radio station that Clinton told the audience she was feeling weak from a stomach ailment. She then began speaking and collapsed, DiPirro said.
