CNN's Anderson Cooper and crew forced to evacuate set live in Israel after missile warning
Anderson Cooper was reporting live from Tel Aviv alongside Clarissa Ward and Jeremy Diamond when the trio was forced to evacuate to bomb shelters.
CNN's Anderson Cooper was live in Tel Aviv, Israel, with chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward and Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond when an alarm sounded, prompting an evacuation to bomb shelters.
The incident occurred just one day after the U.S. entered the Israeli-Iranian conflict, by dropping bombs on three Iranain nuclear sites. The decision by President Trump to do so has since been one he himself praised, as he admitted his initial "two weeks" deadline was meant to throw off Iran.
As the trio reported the story and discussed the escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, their phones suddenly blared with alerts.
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"I should just say that we're now hearing an alert," Cooper announced as the warning interrupted their broadcast.
"These are the alerts that go out on all of our phones when you're in Israel. It's a ten-minute warning of incoming missiles or something incoming from Iran," he informed the audience.
Cooper then noted the verbal alarm instructing people to seek safety.
"So now the location we're in has a verbal alarm telling people to go down into bomb shelters. So we have about a ten-minute window to get down into a bomb shelter," he said.
Ward, in the midst of the urgency, asked, "Do you want to finish this?" referring to their report, to which a visibly unsettled Cooper responded, "Uhh, well, we should probably go down," before they quickly disconnected their mics and moved indoors amid ongoing emergency alerts, reports the Mirror US.
Despite the chaos, the Emmy-winning journalist continued to report after ensuring his equipment was secure, narrating the scene as sirens wailed and a recorded message urged evacuation over the hotel's loudspeakers, capturing the intense moment.
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"This is the first time today we have had an alarm like this," he reported while navigating the hotel corridor. The broadcast became erratic as they descended, yet they persisted in reporting from within an elevator.
The seasoned journalists maintained composure as the intense scenario unfolded live. "It is a luxury to have a ten-minute warning in a situation like this," remarked the 58 year old amidst the ongoing coverage.
In the wee hours of Monday, Iran launched a missile intercepted by Israel's defense system, resulting in no casualties. On Saturday, US President Donald Trump initiated airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, intensifying the conflict by exerting military force in support of Israel.
Concerns among Americans are rising over the strikes being perceived as an act of war and the implications for civilians if Iran seeks retribution against the US.
