Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack
MAYVILLE, New York: 'The Satanic Verses' author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able to talk Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in upstate New York.
Rushdie remained hospitalized with serious injuries, but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted in the evening that he was 'off the ventilator and talking (and joking).' Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, confirmed that information without offering further details.
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