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Updated | Hillary Clinton left a Sept. 11 memorial service in New York early Sunday morning, with her spokesman saying she felt "overheated" but is feeling "great" after a stay at her daughter's apartment.
"Secretary Clinton attended the September 11th Commemoration Ceremony for just an hour and thirty minutes this morning to pay her respects and greet some of the families of the fallen," spokesman Nick Merrill said. "During the ceremony, she felt overheated, so departed to go to her daughter's apartment and is feeling much better."
Clinton has since departed Chelsea Clinton's apartment and told reporters massed on the street that she's "feeling great." She reportedly was heading to her Chappaqua, N.Y., home, Merrill told the New York Times.
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Although overcast, temperatures were in the high 70s Sunday morning in New York City, with roughly 40 percent humidity, according to the Weather Channel.
The Democratic nominee for president arrived at the 9/11 Memorial plaza in lower Manhattan around 8:18 a.m. and left at 9:30 a.m. Her absence was noted by reporters just minutes later, who observed that she no longer was in the area where she was standing. Amateur video circulating on social media purportedly shows Clinton being helped as she stumbles into a waiting van.
Clinton's health has become a campaign issue due to the persistent efforts of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his surrogates and supporters. Clinton did suffer a concussion and blood clot in late 2012, and FBI documents show her citing the concussion to explain that she could not remember every protocol briefing she received while serving as secretary of state. However, the effort to paint her as unwell has traded in a variety of wild rumors, with Trump surrogates openly speculating about varied maladies they think Clinton could be dealing with.
Trump, who also was in attendance at the memorial Sunday morning, has not yet responded to Clinton's early departure but his supporters are crowding social media to claim Sunday's episode is evidence of general sickness.
Clinton has released health records, and her physician has labeled her as being in "excellent health." She also addressed the whisper campaign directly in an appearance last month on Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show. "Back in October, the National Enquirer said I would be dead in six months. So with every breath I take I feel like I have a new lease on life," she joked. "I don't know why they are saying this. I think on the one hand, it is part of the wacky strategy—just say all these crazy things and maybe you can get some people to believe you."
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