Rep.Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, has released a video on X saying she and her congressional staff involved in a Toledo, Ohio, car accident earlier this month are in good shape, thanking the well-wishes for helping fuel her "very rapid recovery.""As I move to physical rehabilitation, sharing a message with the thousands who shared good wishes from our community, across our region, our country, and around the world," the longest-serving woman in U.S.
House history, Kaptur, 80, wrote on X and sharing the video."It's made a huge difference in my very rapid recovery.Each of you continue to uplift my spirit as we move forward.
Thank you!"Kaptur, a 22-term House member serving since 1983, and her staffer Keegan Zimmerman were in a vehicle traveling to a church service when it was struck in what police described as a "hit-skip" crash near Detroit and Central avenues in Toledo.Ohio law uses the term hit-skip for a driver’s failure to stop following a crash.OHIO REP MARCY KAPTUR HOSPITALIZED AFTER HIT-AND-RUN CRASH ON WAY TO CHURCHRep.
Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, is the longest-serving woman in House history and is running for her 23rd term in a key battleground race this November.(Getty Images)"Dear friends, first of all, thank you so very, very much for the thousands of good wishes that are coming from our community, across our region, our state, our country, and even around the world," Kaptur says in the video, where she is seated what appears to be a wheelchair in front of an office window.
"Really, it's made a huge difference in my very rapid recovery."I want to thank all of you on behalf of myself, my beautiful staff, including Keegan Zimmerman who was with me on that fateful day on Sunday a week ago.He also is in good shape.
And I'm working my way back and am so grateful for all of the help that has been given to me in this effort."The House is on August recess, giving her additional time to recover before returning to Washington, D.C."We will not return to Washington until ...