Anderson Cooper is hit by debris and reports Hurricane Milton

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Remember the clip where the Irish newsreader says, “Don’t make unnecessary trips” and then gets hit by a stop sign? Well, that never actually happened. She said the line, but the stop sign is completely inserted. She's safe! Anderson Cooper wasn't so lucky. When reporting on Hurricane Milton in Florida, CNN sent the reporter out into the wind and rain (also known as severe storms and torrential rain), and while reporting, he was hit by a piece of flying debris. Honestly, the fact that the rubble made one Blow The sound is a compliment to Cooper's solid demeanor – this guy wasn't going anywhere. “Wow! OK! “That wasn’t good,” he replied. “We'll probably go in soon.” Then he reported outside for another seven minutes, in the middle of a hurricane.

On social media, people began to empathize with Cooper's plight. “Put in my sweet china glass anchor,” one fan tweeted. Others saw this video through the lens of Cooper's forced sobriety on New Year's Eve in 2023 and tweeted about how CNN needs to let him drink when we call 2025. Honestly, we hope he drinks now. Get him a hot toddy and a Latino.