Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge rushed to hospital after stroke

“Tom Ridge, the 43rd governor of Pennsylvania and first U.S. secretary of homeland security, was transferred by ambulance to a hospital in the Washington DC area this morning after having suffered a stroke at his residence in Bethesda, MD,” the family wrote, adding that the 75-year-old Ridge “was conscious when he arrived at the emergency department and later underwent a successful procedure to remove a blood clot. He remains in critical but stable condition.”