Sen. Thom Tillis Back At Work Following Collapse During Race Wednesday

CHARLOTTE, NC -- North Carolina’s Sen. Thom Tillis is back at work in Washington after he collapsed from overheating while in a race Wednesday.

Tillis, 57, was leading a team of runners in the ACLI Capital Challenge Wednesday morning when he collapsed around the second mile mark of the three-mile race, the Associated Press reported May 17. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital where he videoed a message saying he got overheated.

Several news outlet had reported at the time that he had stopped breathing and had to be given CPR, but that report was later said to be wrong and that he never lost consciousness.

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The senator from Lake Norman thanked the first responders and good Samaritans who assisted him after his collapse, and said he had been given “a clean bill of health.”

Several news outlet had reported at the time that he had stopped breathing and had to be given CPR, but that report was later said to be wrong and that he never lost consciousness.

“Also, I want to apologize to some of the people I may have slowed down their lap time if they happened to be behind me,” Tillis said.

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