An American broadcaster suffered a stroke while presenting the news bulletin, live, and symptoms began with her when she stumbled in her words and closed her eyes, only to appear later that she had suffered a serious health crisis, as she was taken to the hospital immediately.
“The past few days are still a bit fuzzy, but my doctors think I’m starting to have a stroke,” Julie Chen, who works at NBC’s station in Tulsa, said in a Facebook post.
The news anchor confirmed that she did not feel any bad symptoms before displaying the bulletin, warning her of a health crisis, but within minutes of the news broadcast, things began to change, as she lost partial vision in one eye, and then her hand and arm became numb, and then she knew that she was facing a serious health problem, especially When she started stuttering and was unable to read.
In the details, Chen was reading news about NASA canceling a rocket launch when she seemed visibly confused and started repeating her words.
Then she corrected the situation, saying: “I’m sorry, something is happening to me this morning.” She quickly handed the matter over to the weather forecaster, and was unable to return to the air, but was taken to the hospital, where she underwent a series of tests, and doctors confirmed that she had an incomplete stroke. On air.
In another context, and about professional news anchors dealing with sudden matters on the air, in an unthinkable situation a few days ago, a Canadian broadcaster faced a fly while presenting the news live, so her reaction was unexpected.
The announcer, Farah Nasser, who presents a program on the “Global News” channel, was surprised on the air, when the fly broke into her mouth directly, and said that she felt the fly flutter in her throat, but she controlled herself and completed her episode.
In a video clip Farah posted on her Twitter account, the Canadian broadcaster confirmed that she had swallowed the fly while talking about the floods in Pakistan.
Farah’s reaction was shocking, as she controlled the matter in a professional manner, as she controlled her nerves and completed her publication, which impressed many social media pioneers.
Sharing because we all need a laugh these days. Turns out it’s not just @fordnationI swallowed a fly on air today.
(Very much a first world problem given the story I’m introducing). pic.twitter.com/Qx5YyAeQed
— Farah Nasser (@FarahNasser) August 29, 2022