Rahm Emanuel is widely reported to have lost part of his right middle finger due to a childhood injury at a meat slicer, with the knuckle amputated after infection and complications in adolescence. The story has circulated for years and has been covered by multiple outlets in retrospective pieces and biographical references. For the most authoritative account, you’ll find contemporary mentions in profiles that note the amputated finger and the earlier meat-slicer incident. If you’d like, I can pull up the latest explicit citations or summarize how different outlets depict the event. [sources: various biographical references and retrospective reports][8]
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Rahm Emmanuel raises his hand to take the oath of office as Mayor of Chicago in 2011. The photo clearly shows how Emmanuel is missing part of the middle finger on his right hand. Emmanuel injured the finger on a meat slicer while working at a fast-food restaurant as a teenager; after the wound became infected, the finger was amputated at that knuckle.
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