76-year-old MA senator Ted Kennedy was flown by helicopter Saturday from Cape Cod, where he was staying at the family home Hyannisport, to Mass General Hospital in Boston.

Kennedy was initially treated at Cape Cod Hospital, where he spent less than an hour, before being transported to Boston for further evaluation of what appears to be a stroke.

An official with the Hyannis Fire Department said it received a 911 call from the Kennedy compound at 8:19 a.m. and transported a patient to the hospital, arriving at 8:50 a.m. The official would not be more specific.

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