Injured Freshman Transferred To a Hospital Closer Home

A freshman injured by a falling goal post after the Harvard-Yale game will be transferred to a hospital closer to home today, a hospital spokesman said yesterday.

The student, Margaret M. Cimino '87, also made an important step towards recovery yesterday when she moved her left arm and right elbow for the first time since the accident, said the spokesman, Kelly Anthony.

Cimino suffered a cardiac arrest when a goal post tom down by exuberant fans after the game struck her on the head. She is still paralyzed on her left side and right shoulder as well as having suffered damage to the facial nerves that focus eyesight, but her condition is "improving daily," Anthony said.

According to Anthony, Dr. Franklin Robinson, head of the team of neurologists tending to Cimino, feels that "complete recovery is not out of the question but it will be long road."

An ambulance today will transport Cimino from St. Raphaels, a Yale affiliated hospital, to Westchester County Medical Center in Valhalla, N. Y.

Her father, Dr. Joseph A. Cimino '56, is chairman of preventive medicine at the New York Medical College which is affiliated with the Westchester hospital.

Coincidentally, Charles Esposito, the emergency medical technician who saved Cimino's life when her heart stopped, will drive the ambulance today for the two-hour trip to Valhalla.

Sunday, Regina M. Sasha '87, Cimino's roommate in Thayer 28 and three friends rented a car to drive to New Haven and visit her. "I think she's going to be okay," said Sasha, "her spirits were good." She also added that Cimino 'loves mail."