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After Whittington shot the two birds, he moved away to look for them. He had trouble locating one, so he told the group to move ahead.
Cheney and Willeford moved to the second covey. Unbeknownst to either of them, Armstrong said, Whittington had walked back near the group and was about 30 yards to the right of the vice president when Cheney fired at birds emerging from the covey.
Willeford added that the sun was behind Whittington, possibly making him difficult to see.
Armstrong said Cheney visited Whittington at the hospital Sunday, and "they had a great time."
Willeford btw is Ambassador to Switzerland appointed by *. Also curious Whittington was taken by helicopter to a 2nd hospital. After a brief stop at a Kingsville hospital, Whittington was taken by helicopter to Corpus Christi's Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital