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A 29-year-old Obama campaign staffer died Friday after "collapsing" in the president's campaign headquarters in Chicago, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Alex Okrent was a veteran of two earlier Obama campaigns, having worked on the president's 2008 campaign, and his 2004 Senate bid before that. Okrent was employed in the campaign's paid media department at the time of his death.
After he collapsed, Chicago paramedics were called to the Obama headquarters in the Prudential Building where he was given emergency treatment. Okrent was then taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
"Obama was campaigning in southern Virginia this afternoon, when he learned about Okrent's death," according to USA Today. The president reportedly offered his condolences to Okrent's family during a phone conversation shortly thereafter, and addressed his Chicago staff about the tragedy on a conference call.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/alex-okrent-dead-obama-campaign-worker-dies_n_1672673.html
So very sad..
warrior1
(12,325 posts)Reince Priebus ?@Reince
So sorry to hear about Obama staffer Alex Okrent. Horrible to lose someone that young. Prayers with his family & Obama staff.
Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)RIP.
LACarMan
(45 posts)That is tragic. It should be another example of why we need ACA. If this individual had HC, there is a good chance he would be with us today.