CNN News Anchor Becomes Emotional On-Air About Syrian Boy Pulled Out From Rubble

Professionalism is among the most important aspects about being a news anchor. No matter how funny, horrible, or heartbreaking a news story is, they are expected to deliver their reports with a straight face and without bias.

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However, there are things that are too emotional to hold in. CNN anchor Kate Bolduan had to struggle to hold back tears for a report last Thursday, when she had to tell the world about 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh, the boy who was filmed and photographed just moments after being pulled out of the rubble of his home in Syria, which was destroyed in the aftermath of an airstrike.

Omran made headlines around the world when he was shown both on photo and video as a bloodied, confused boy, covered with dust from the rubble. The Huffington Post noted that Bolduan took a long pause in an attempt to regain her composure, and had to struggle to fight back tears as she delivered the rest of her report. She revealed that they boy lives with his parents, brother, and sister in their home in Aleppo, Syria, whcih was hit by a bomb from an airstrike. She later revealed that the Daqneesh family survived the bombing,but over 250,000 people have been killed since the war started in 2011.

Metro UK observed that at five, Omran is as old as the Syrian conflict itself, which also means that the child has known nothing else except the struggle of living in the war-ravaged Aleppo, which used to be the largest city in Syria.

Bolduan observed, “What strikes me is we shed tears, but there are no tears here. He doesn’t cry once. That little boy is in total shock. He’s stunned. He’s inside his home one moment and the next he’s lost in the fury of war and chaos.”

She then ended the report by saying, “This is Omran. He’s alive. We wanted you to know.”