Julie Chin went bad live
Photo: Reproduction / NBC KJRH
Viewers of an NBC news program KJRH in Tulsa, Oklahoma (USA) had a scare last Saturday morning. Presenter Julie Chin had an incipient stroke live and had to be rushed to the rescue.
The presenter had trouble reading the teleprompter, which indicated something was wrong. She changed her words when discussing the NASA launch. “I’m sorry, something happened to me this morning,” the journalist said before handing command to meteorologist Annie Brown.
In a report on his Facebook account, Chin reassured the public about his health and gave more details about what happened: “The past few days are still a mystery, but my doctors believe I had the onset of a stroke live on air on Saturday morning . Some of you have witnessed it first hand and I am sorry for what happened.”
“The episode seems to have come out of nowhere. I felt great before our show. However, over the course of a few minutes during our newscast, things began to happen. First, I lost partial vision in one eye. A short time later, my hand and arm became numb. So I knew I was in big trouble if my mouth didn’t say the words that were on the teleprompter right in front of me.”
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Tulsa news anchor Julie Chin broadcasts the beginnings of a stroke live. She knew something was wrong, so she threw it to the meteorologist when her concerned colleagues called 911. She’s fine now, but wanted to share her experience to educate viewers about stroke warning signs. pic.twitter.com/aWNPPbn1qf
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) September 5, 2022