Hillary Clinton had a “medical episode” that required her to leave a 9/11 commemoration ceremony early, a law enforcement source who witnessed the event told Fox News.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton attends a ceremony at the Sept. 11 memorial in New York. (AP)
The Democratic presidential nominee appeared to faint on her way into her van and had to be helped by her security, the source said. She was “clearly having some type of medical episode.”
Clinton's stumbled off the curb, her "knees buckled" and she lost a shoe as she was helped into a van during her "unexpected early departure," a witness told Fox News.
A separate law enforcement source told Fox News that Clinton left the event because she wasn't feeling well.
Clinton's campaign did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment.
MORE ON #HILLARY per witness: "unexpected early departure"; she stumbled off curb, "knees buckled", lost a shoe as she was helped into van
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Clinton was in New York for Sunday’s ceremony commemorating 15 years since the 9/11 terror attacks.
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The Clinton campaign would not confirm Clinton’s location to an NBC pool producer. After Clinton left the ceremony, the reporters following her on the campaign trail were prevented from leaving the media area for a period of time.
Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump earlier greeted supporters as they entered the downtown Manhattan 9/11 memorial. Both had promised to suspend campaign activities to mark the 15th anniversary of the attacks.
Fox News’ Rick Leventhal contributed to this report.