Hawking rushed to hospital

Reuters reports that Stephen Hawking has been rushed to the hospital. [via The Awl]

1. [OM]

   …According to the BBC and some of the tweets that have been circulating around, he was taken in for “breathing difficulties”. He’s now reportedly “resting comfortably”, but no other reports of his condition have been issued by 8:25pm CDT.

2. [Anonymous]

   my wishes are with you and yours Stephen. As ever you are an Inspiration to many here

3. [zikman]

   godspeed old man

4. [GeekMan]

   Good luck, professor. We still need you a while longer.

5. [Anonymous]

   whoohoo go Stephen.:-) ,(apparently getting over the worst of it now) makes me a happy bunny as the world is a finer place for having this guy in it.

6. [NicoNicoNico]

   He’ll pull through, I know it. He doesn’t seem to be the kind of guy that wouldn’t pull through without a fight.