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To: pompsander who wrote (736656)	4/13/2006 3:35:35 PM
From: pompsander	Respond to of 769670

A Kennedy with his mouth closed...a novelty. Rep. Kennedy Hit in the Mouth by Hammer Thu Apr 13, 12:25 PM ET PAWTUCKET, R.I. - U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) was hit in the face with a hammer when an entrepreneur, demonstrating shock absorption, accidentally sent the hammer's head flying at Kennedy's mouth. ADVERTISEMENT Kennedy received six stitches in his bottom lip after the incident Wednesday during an economic development meeting, his spokeswoman Robin Costello said. The entrepreneur, Matt Kriesel of Wisconsin, produces a shock-absorbing gel used sports-shoe inserts, tennis rackets and horse saddles. He was hitting some gel with a hammer to demonstrate how it reduces vibration when the hammer's head flew off. "The congressman is a class act, he didn't make a fuss," said Michael McMahon, the executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation who attended the meeting. Kennedy was bleeding, so his staff took him to Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, where he got the stitches, Costello said.