Via Reuters: Castro Breaks Knee in Public Fall
Castro stumbled on a step and fell on his left knee on Wednesday night as he returned to his seat after a graduation ceremony speech at the mausoleum holding the remains of fellow revolutionary Che Guevara at Santa Clara in central Cuba.Helped to a chair, he quickly recovered and asked for a microphone to reassure the stunned crowd of 30,000 people, some of whom broke into tears, that he was “intact” and would be able to continue working even in a plaster cast.
A brief government statement issued after a medical examination said Castro broke his left knee and suffered a hair-line fracture in his right arm.
“His general health is good and spirit excellent,” it said.
That had to hurt.