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Meteorologist has panic attack live on air, prompting wave of praise
An TV meteorologist is being praised for how he handled an on-air panic attack.
ABC News Australia’s Nate Byrne was presenting his weather segment on Tuesday’s Daily Breakfast when he felt the attack coming on.
“I’m actually going to need to stop for a second. Some of you may know that I occasionally get affected by some panic attacks, and actually that’s happening right now, Lisa, maybe I could hand back to you,” he said before cameras cut to his colleague.
“You certainly can Nate,” said the show’s co-host Lisa Mitchell, going on to promote a piece Byrne previously wrote about the same topic.
“It’s fantastic that he has been so open and transparent about it. And the response when he first wrote about it and spoke about it was that everyone said, ‘Thank God. Nate’s not perfect. We thought he was perfect, but actually he’s now sharing something,'” she said. “We’ll put that up, and you can get a little bit of an understanding of some of the things that go on with our brains and our bodies when we’re doing live television.”
Later, Mitchell welcomes Byrne back. “Very pleased to say that our wonderful colleague Nate is back with us,” she said.
“Sorry if I gave anybody a bit of a scare there,” Byrne said.
The clip of the incident has now gone viral, with more than 4.6 million views on the network’s TikTok alone, and people are applauding Byrne and the team for highlighting something that happens to many people.
“He handled that like a champ. as someone who’s gone through this myself I’m literally in tears,” one user commented.
“Being vulnerable is so scary but also so empowering! thank you for being so transparent and honest with us, you’re not alone!!” another user wrote.
“They both handled this so seamlessly! Really beautiful and authentic,” another commented.
“Not only did she handle it with grace, but she PRAISED him for being vulnerable & credited his price ab it. I’m sobbing. This is beautiful,” another wrote.
Panic attacks are common, according to the Cleveland Clinic, with up to 11% of people in the United States experiencing at least one. Approximately 2% to 3% of people in the U.S. have a panic disorder, the clinic notes.
This isn’t the first time an on-air meteorologist has shared a typically private moment on screen for all their viewers.
Last year, CBS Los Angeles viewers witnessed a scary moment when KCAL News meteorologist Alissa Carlson fainted live on air, just as she was about to deliver a weather forecast.
Fully recovered, she joined “CBS Mornings” at the time to share how she’s doing and what doctors say caused the sudden collapse: a condition called vasovagal syncope.
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Yellowstone hiker burned when she falls into scalding water near Old Faithful, park officials say
Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. — A New Hampshire woman suffered severe burns on her leg after hiking off-trail in Yellowstone National Park and falling into scalding water in a thermal area near the Old Faithful geyser, park officials said.
The 60-year-old woman from Windsor, New Hampshire, along with her husband and their leashed dog were walking off a designated trail near the Mallard Lake Trailhead on Monday afternoon when she broke through a thin crust over the water and suffered second- and third-degree burns to her lower leg, park officials said. Her husband and the dog weren’t injured.
The woman was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho for treatment.
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Park visitors are reminded to stay on boardwalks and trails in hydrothermal areas and exercise extreme caution. The ground in those areas is fragile and thin and there’s scalding water just below the surface, park officials said.
Pets are allowed in limited, developed areas of Yellowstone park but are prohibited on boardwalks, hiking trails, in the backcountry and in thermal areas.
The incident is under investigation. The woman’s name wasn’t made public.
This is the first known thermal injury in Yellowstone in 2024, park officials said in a statement. The park had recorded 3.5 million visitors through August this year.
Hot springs have injured and killed more people in Yellowstone National Park than any other natural feature, the National Park Service said. At least 22 people have died from hot spring-related injuries in and around the 3,471-square-mile national park since 1890, park officials have said.
TRENTON, N.J. — Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver has defeated Republican small businessman Carmen Bucco in a contest in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District that opened up because of the death of Rep. Donald Payne Jr. in April.
McIver will serve out the remainder of Payne’s term, which ends in January. She and Bucco will face a rematch on the November ballot for the full term.
McIver said in a statement Wednesday that she stands on the “shoulders of giants,” naming Payne as chief among them.
She cast ahead to the November election, saying the right to make reproductive health choices was on the ballot as well as whether the economy should benefit the wealthy or “hard working Americans.”
“I will fight because the purpose of politics and the purpose of our vote is to give the people of our communities and our nation a bold voice,” she said.
Bucco congratulated McIver on the victory in a statement but said he’s looking forward to the rematch in November.
“I am not going anywhere,” he said in an email. “We still have a second chance to make district 10 great again!”
Who are LaMonica McIver and Carmen Bucco?
McIver emerged as the Democratic candidate in a crowded field in the July special election. A member of the city council of New Jersey’s biggest city since 2018, she also worked for Montclair Public Schools as a personnel director and plans to focus on affordability, infrastructure, abortion rights and “protecting our democracy,” she told The Associated Press earlier this summer.
Bucco describes himself on his campaign website as a small-business owner influenced by his upbringing in the foster system. He lists support for law enforcement and ending corruption as top issues.
The 10th District lies in a heavily Democratic and majority-Black region of northern New Jersey. Republicans are outnumbered by more than 6 to 1.
It’s been a volatile year for Democrats in New Jersey, where the party dominates state government and the congressional delegation.
Among the developments were the conviction on federal bribery charges of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who has denied the charges, and the demise of the so-called county party line — a system in which local political leaders give their preferred candidates favorable position on the primary ballot.
Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, who’s running for Menendez’s seat, and other Democrats brought a federal lawsuit challenging the practice as part of his campaign to oust Menendez, who has resigned since his conviction.
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