This is definitely a story for the Twitter age. After initial reports that former Minneapolis Mayor Rybak had suffered a heart attack while cross-country skiing and other reports that could only confirm that he was hospitalized with chest pains, Rybak himself appears to have taken to twitter to reassure supporters and friends he’s okay after what he termed a “cardiac surprise.”
My cardiac surprise/Gave me quite a start/But it proves this politician/Has a great big heart
— R.T. Rybak (@R_T_Rybak) January 4, 2014
By the way the ski trails at Wirth are awesome today
— R.T. Rybak (@R_T_Rybak) January 4, 2014
This is not a formally twitter-confirmed account. But it seems clearly to be his account. And this would seem to confirm that he is at least in fairly good condition post cardiac event.
Noteworthy that we had ample evidence yesterday of Rybak’s jaunty sense of humor.