Kennedy defies cancer blow to compete in boat race

Senator Edward Kennedy took the helm of his sailboat Mya in a regatta, just a week after undergoing a brain biopsy that diagnosed him with cancer.

Kennedy defies cancer blow to compete in boat race
Tue, 27 May, 2008 - 15:41

Senator Edward Kennedy took the helm of his sailboat Mya in a regatta, just a week after undergoing a brain biopsy that diagnosed him with cancer.

The 76-year-old liberal Massachusetts Democrat made good on a pledge last week by competing in the second half of the Figawi boat race between the island of Nantucket and Cape Cod.

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