Whittington Leaves Hospital, Speaks to Press
"We all assume certain risks in what we do Accidents do and will happen," says the 78-year-old lawyer upon being released from the hospital.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The lawyer shot by Vice President Dick Cheney during a hunting trip was discharged from a hospital Friday and told reporters he was deeply sorry for all the trouble Cheney had faced over the past week.
“We all assume certain risks in what we do, in what activities we pursue,” Harry Whittington, 78, said outside the hospital. “Accidents do and will happen.”
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