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Health Setbacks Aside, Former US President Jimmy Carter Turns 96

Kane Farabaugh

   CHICAGO - When he sat down with Voice of America last September for an
   exclusive interview ahead of his 95th birthday, Jimmy Carter -- the
   first former president to reach that milestone -- hinted that his age
   was catching up to him.

   "I fell down a few months ago and broke my left hip," Carter, a cancer
   survivor since 2015, told VOA. "I'm learning how to walk again, and so
   my actual movements are restrained a little bit. But I'm still active
   mentally and get involved in the Carter Center affairs when I'm
   needed."

   Several days after the interview, Carter fell again at his home in
   Plains, Georgia. It was an injury clearly visible in Nashville,
   Tennessee, during the annual weeklong Habitat for Humanity Jimmy and
   Rosalynn Carter Work Project.

   "Yesterday, I fell down and hurt my forehead and got a black eye, but
   I'm doing well," he said during a press conference held during a break
   in his homebuilding activities. "I feel good enough to build houses."

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