PERSEVERANCE

Jimmy Carter Suffers Fall, Gets Black Eye and 14 Stitches, Still Makes It to Evening Charity Event

Carter, who turned 95 last Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. president in history to reach that age, still made it to his scheduled Habitat for Humanity event.

Former President Jimmy Carter suffered a fall at his Georgia home Sunday, resulting in a nasty black eye and 14 stitches. He still made it to an evening concert in Tennessee to rally volunteers for his home-building project Habitat for Humanity. Carter turned 95 last Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. president to reach that age. Spokeswoman Deanna Congileo said the 39th president had to get the stitches above his brow but “feels fine” after the fall. At the evening event, he wore an Atlanta Braves baseball cap and his left eye was noticeably swollen and bruised. He told the crowd that he had to go to the hospital “but I had a No. 1 priority and that was to come to Nashville and build houses.”