Gov. Jon Corzine remains in intensive care this
morning with a breathing tube in his throat and a doctor declaring
him lucky to be alive.
The 60-year-old governor underwent about two hours of
surgery last night to repair multiple broken bones, including 12
ribs and a femur that protruded through the skin of his thigh,
following a car accident on the Garden State Parkway in Galloway
Township.
At 7:30 this morning, Lori Shaffer, a spokeswoman for
Cooper University Hospital in Camden, said the governor was in
critical but stable condition and remained in the trauma ICU unit.
Shaffer said there would be a press conference later today, perhaps
around noon, to release further details.
Apparently, he was on his way to the Imus-Rutgers meeting when it
happened.