--- title: Virginia Governor Hospitalized After Falling From Horse in Africa description: Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe suffered seven broken ribs after he fell from his horse while on safari in Tanzania with his family canonical: https://time.com/3673934/virginia-gov-terry-mcauliffe-mlk-ribs/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-20T02:56:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:41:43.144Z article:section: Politics og:title: Virginia Governor Suffers 7 Broken Ribs Falling From Horse og:description: But Terry McAuliffe still gave a speech to celebrate MLK Day. og:url: https://time.com/3673934/virginia-gov-terry-mcauliffe-mlk-ribs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb807940b904a5eb6/69877ab806f2c1fe183337a7/state-of-the-commonwe_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Terry McAuliffe og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Virginia Governor Suffers 7 Broken Ribs Falling From Horse twitter:description: But Terry McAuliffe still gave a speech to celebrate MLK Day. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb807940b904a5eb6/69877ab806f2c1fe183337a7/state-of-the-commonwe_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Virginia Governor Gives MLK Day Speech Fresh From Hospital With 7 Broken Ribs by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Jan 20, 2015 2:56 AM UTC  Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe gives his annual State of the Commonwealth address at the state capitol in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 14, 2015 Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe gives his annual State of the Commonwealth address at the state capitol in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 14, 2015Steve Helber—AP by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Jan 20, 2015 2:56 AM UTC Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe suffered [seven](http://www.staffordcountysun.com/news/politics/article%5F460d169e-a03a-11e4-9ec3-972baf8e01d8.html) broken ribs after he was thrown from his horse over the Christmas holidays while on safari in Tanzania with his family. McAuliffe was admitted to hospital in Virginia on Monday after doctors decided it was necessary to drain his chest cavity as fluid had built up around his lungs, the _Stafford County_ _Sun_ reports. Regardless, the governor continued to work from his bed. And since his return from Africa, he had stuck to his regular work schedule, even managing to deliver an hour-long State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday night despite his debilitating injuries. Hours after he was discharged from hospital Monday, McAuliffe gave a speech to mark Martin Luther King Day in Norfolk, Va. \[[_Stafford County Sun_](http://www.staffordcountysun.com/news/politics/article%5F460d169e-a03a-11e4-9ec3-972baf8e01d8.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3673934/virginia-gov-terry-mcauliffe-mlk-ribs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3673934/virginia-gov-terry-mcauliffe-mlk-ribs/"},"headline":"Virginia Governor Gives MLK Day Speech Fresh From Hospital With 7 Broken Ribs","datePublished":"2015-01-20T02:56:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:41:43.144Z","description":"There's no stopping him","url":"https://time.com/3673934/virginia-gov-terry-mcauliffe-mlk-ribs/","keywords":["Africa","politics","Speech","People","Horse"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb807940b904a5eb6/69877ab806f2c1fe183337a7/state-of-the-commonwe_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb807940b904a5eb6/69877ab806f2c1fe183337a7/state-of-the-commonwe_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Terry McAuliffe","caption":"Terry McAuliffe","creditText":"Steve Helber—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3673934/virginia-gov-terry-mcauliffe-mlk-ribs/","name":"Virginia Governor Gives MLK Day Speech Fresh From Hospital With 7 Broken Ribs"}}]}] ```