2023-06-01 22:22:21
The president of United States, Joe Biden, fell on a stage during the Air Force graduation ceremony from that country. It was this Thursday afternoon of June 1st that the president stumbled and fell on his facebut managed to stop the fall with his hands before hitting his head.
The act took place north of Colorado Springs, in the state of Colorado and in the images you can see the head of state greeting one of the young graduates. Immediately afterwards, turns to move to another part of the stage and that’s when the accident occurs.
Before that scene, an officer of the Air Force and two members of the Secret Service helped Biden to get up so that he could rejoin the ceremony.
In the video that records the moment you can see how those who were watching the situation put on a worried face until Biden manages to stand up and settle.
Once on his feet, Biden pointed to the spot on the stage where he had lost his balance. “Okay,” reported Ben LaBolt, White House communication director, on social media, who revealed that “there was a sandbag on the stage” just behind the president’s position when he shook hands with one of the graduates.
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Prior to the incident, the US President highlighted how your country rallied Western nations to support Ukraine against Russia and efforts to improve deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region. He also referred to the threat of climate change and the increasing use of artificial intelligence.
Biden stressed that this graduating class is the most diverse in the history of the Academy and asked them to “eradicate the scourge of sexual assault and harassment in the military”.
The accident on stage is not the first involving the US president, already in 2021 Biden tripped and fell while climbing the stairs of Air Force Onea mishap without major consequences that occurred in a period of three seconds, but which, in any case, went viral on social networks.
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