Rep. Julia Carson, the first black congresswoman of Indianapolis, has announced she has terminal lung cancer. The 69-year-old former secretary told The Indianapolis Star on Saturday that she had been on a leave of absence since September to seek treatment. "Then the second shoe fell -- heavily," Carson told the paper in a brief written statement. "My doctor discovered lung cancer." Statement after the jump.
Congresswoman Announces She Has Terminal Cancer
Congresswoman Announces She Has Terminal…
Congresswoman Announces She Has Terminal Cancer
Rep. Julia Carson, the first black congresswoman of Indianapolis, has announced she has terminal lung cancer. The 69-year-old former secretary told The Indianapolis Star on Saturday that she had been on a leave of absence since September to seek treatment. "Then the second shoe fell -- heavily," Carson told the paper in a brief written statement. "My doctor discovered lung cancer." Statement after the jump.