Author Salman Rushdie was flown by helicopter to UPMC Hamot Hospital in Erie following a stabbing attack Friday morning while Rushdie was on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York near the Pennsylvania border.
Rushdie's condition wasn't known. Neither UPMC nor the New York State Police, which are handling the investigation, confirmed that Rushdie was brought to UPMC Hamot. But the Erie hospital, a Level II trauma center that serves northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York,…
