PATERNO ESCAPES FROM HOSPITAL, STATE COLLEGE ON HIGH ALERT
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, 79, recuperating from surgery to repair a broken leg, escaped from Mount Nittany Medical Center during the night by diving out of a second story window. Witnesses say the venerable coach landed on his head, appeared to be stunned for several seconds, then stood up and ran toward the highway. State College police are urging residents to exercise extreme caution and to contact police if they encounter a temperamental old Italian man in a leg cast.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, 79, recuperating from surgery to repair a broken leg, escaped from Mount Nittany Medical Center during the night by diving out of a second story window. Witnesses say the venerable coach landed on his head, appeared to be stunned for several seconds, then stood up and ran toward the highway. State College police are urging residents to exercise extreme caution and to contact police if they encounter a temperamental old Italian man in a leg cast.
