Salman Rushdie in Critical Condition Following Attack

Author Salman Rushdie, whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, is on life support after Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old from New Jersey, stabbed the author in the neck at a literary event in western New York on Friday, August 12. Rushdie was put on a ventilator after hours of surgery and the nerves in his arms were severed. Watch this video.