Joe Biden, 80, Trips & Falls On Stage During U.S. Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony: Watch

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President Joe Biden is quality too. In caller video footage circulating via societal media, the Commander In Chief was seen saluting to the audience, handing retired diplomas, and shaking hands with graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy aft giving a commencement code connected Thursday, June 1. He past tumbled implicit immoderate sandbags, and cameras caught the fumble arsenic concealed work agents lurched to assistance him up. An Air Force serviceman besides appeared to assistance him arsenic helium fell connected his broadside and attempted to get up. In the video below, you tin perceive the assemblage gasp with shock.

Joe Biden takes a autumn astatine the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation.pic.twitter.com/fAkqYq4S9d

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The president had conscionable handed retired the past diploma of the commencement erstwhile helium fell. The White House besides issued a connection saying that President Biden — the oldest president successful U.S. past — was not injured by the fall. According to PEOPLE, the White House excavation study stated that helium “fell down connected signifier aft handing retired the past diploma to the Air Force cadets. He appeared to gaffe and autumn going down connected his knees,” it explained, adding that helium “was helped up by Air Force officials. POTUS appears to beryllium good and continued to basal until the ceremonial ended a fewer minutes later.”

A follow-up excavation study work that Biden “appeared to person tripped connected a achromatic sandbag connected the stage. When helium fell, pointed to the achromatic sandbag suggesting that’s what helium tripped on.” And according to the outlet, the White House was directing questions to WH communications manager Ben LaBolt’s Twitter statement. “He’s fine,” helium tweeted the aforesaid day. “There was a sandbag connected signifier portion helium was shaking hands.”

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All successful all, it appears to person not affected the celebratory day. “There was beardown prima during immoderate of the Air Force Academy grad,” Fox News’s Matt Finn also tweeted astir the 80-year-old President’s quality astatine the milestone event. “I saw Biden spell down and get backmost up,” helium wrote. “There was beardown prima during immoderate of the Air Force Academy grad. He stood for a agelong clip shaking the manus of each 900+ cadets. I was keeping my oculus connected him, helium appeared alert and successful bully stamina throughout. Then took autumn astatine end, crossing stage.”

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