Jim Oberg wrote:

Glenn, 85, and his wife, Anna, will be released later on Saturday, said
Louis Tejada, a nurse administrator at Grant Medical Center in Columbus.

"He's in fair condition," Tejada said. The Glenns were admitted late on
Friday night after the crash.

Columbus police could not be reached for comment, but the Columbus Dispatch
newspaper reported that Glenn's car collided with another Friday night on
the northeast side of Columbus.

Glenn was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth. He was elected U.S.
senator for Ohio in 1974 and retired in 1999.


Isn't it kind of strange that someone who's in "fair" condition gets
released that fast?
Anyway, it's good to know that they are going to be okay; it would be
pretty ironic if someone who went around the Earth at 18,000 mph in
something the size of a phone booth got killed in a auto accident...ay
least Gagarin got killed flying a jet.
I still remember seeing Friendship 7 at the Smithsonian Air And Space
Museum.
Looking at that tiny thing, my first thought was "you've got to be
_****ing kidding_".
Those Mercury astronauts were some mighty brave guys. :-)

Pat