Crime | Sonia Sotomayor Sotomayor Breaks Ankle in New York Has been 'treated and released': White House By Matt Cantor Posted Jun 8, 2009 12:52 PM CDT Copied Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor meets with Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., in his hideaway office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Sonia Sotomayor broke her ankle this morning hurrying through New York’s LaGuardia airport, the Washington Post reports. The Supreme Court nominee was X-rayed at a Washington hospital after her flight and found to have a small fracture; she’s now on crutches. “She has been treated and released, and is looking forward to keeping her full schedule of meetings on Capitol Hill this afternoon,” said a White House spokesman. Read These Next Online boo-bears go after the demo firm tearing White House apart. President Monroe's daughter wrote a desperate plea in 1839. Plane windshield partially shatters mid-flight. There's a suspect. 'Butt-breathing' could be the future for struggling patients. Report an error