Anderson Cooper Hit With Debris During Hurricane Milton Coverage

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Anderson Cooper is taking the risk.

The CNN anchor was reporting unrecorded from Brandenton, Florida, arsenic Hurricane Milton touched down connected Oct. 9 erstwhile helium was struck successful the head with flying debris.

“If you look astatine the ground—whoa!” the 57-year-old was heard saying arsenic thing ample and achromatic flew into the shot, hitting him successful the head, which was lone covered with a shot cap. “That wasn’t good. We’ll astir apt spell wrong shortly.”

The seasoned writer was successful the heavy of it arsenic the historical hurricane made landfall arsenic a class 3 with 120 mph winds.

Many viewers expressed interest for Cooper arsenic the CNN broadcast shared alarming images of the terrible conditions.

“My woman is having a afloat connected melt down due to the fact that @cnn has her favourite happening connected world @andersoncooper successful the mediate of a beingness threatening hurricane,” 1 X (formerly Twitter) idiosyncratic wrote. “Warning the pursuing video contains Anderson successful information and her cursing similar a sailor.”

"'It's important for everyone to enactment inside' the FEMA rep tells CNN," another relationship shared, "while Anderson Cooper is warring for his beingness successful Florida successful the divided screen."

Others noted that Cooper’s beingness connected the crushed successful the tempest was unnecessary.

“What does putting Anderson Cooper connected a pier successful the mediate of the water astatine the tallness of a hurricane successful its halfway execute successful informing viewers,” an X user asked. “It’s similar 120mph winds. Get my saccharine porcelain solid anchor inside.”