Gov. Bush Calls for Probe of Schiavo Husband

By REUTERS

Filed at 6:51 p.m. ET

MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida Gov. Jeb Bush asked a prosecutor on Friday to investigate why Terri Schiavo collapsed 15 years ago and how long it took her husband to call for help -- a move the husband denounced as an outrage.

Bush, who worked to keep the brain-damaged woman on a feeding tube before her March 31 death, said in a letter to State Attorney Bernie McCabe that the autopsy report released on Wednesday showed a gap between the time Michael Schiavo discovered his wife unconscious and the time he phoned 911 to summon medical aid.

``Between 40 and 70 minutes elapsed before the call was made and I am aware of no explanation for the delay,'' Bush said in the letter.