A Heartbeat from Eternity

Stricken with fatigue and shortness of breath while running, Bush recovers after giving the nation a little scare

It seemed like a routine Saturday for George Bush. The President was relaxing at Camp David after flying home from Ann Arbor, where he had given a commencement address at the University of Michigan. In the middle of the afternoon he donned his running togs and began to pound the pine-needle- covered trails of the 200-acre retreat. At 4:20 the President was suddenly stricken with fatigue and shortness of breath. Secret Service agents walked him to the Camp David infirmary, and from there he was rushed by helicopter to Bethesda Naval Hospital.

Initial tests indicated that Bush had suffered from an...

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