“I’m sorry,” she said, smiling at the camera. “Something is going on with me this morning, and I apologize to everyone.”
She had the cameras cut off from her and a meteorologist.
The next day, Chin said in a Facebook post that doctors believe she had experienced the “beginnings of a stroke”.
“The episode seemed to have come out of nowhere,” she explained, adding that the test results were “excellent.”
“There are still a lot of questions and a lot to follow, but the bottom line is that I should be fine,” the veteran TV reporter wrote.
Chin is one of many broadcasters to experience a health emergency on air. During her live talk show in 2017, Wendy Williams suddenly got wide-eyed and collapsed on stage, returning minutes later to explain that a Statue of Liberty costume she wore for a Halloween-themed episode had been too hot. Williams later said she passed out.
That same year, the Philadelphia news anchor Gray room was rushed to hospital after he began slurring his words on air. Tests showed Hall had a brain cyst, and Anchor underwent emergency surgery. And in 2011, the Los Angeles journalist serene branson became inconsistent during live coverage of the Grammys. Doctors said she had suffered from a complex migraine, and Branson told the Los Angeles Times the episode left her “terrified” and embarrassed.
Strokes usually occur when blood flow to the brain is interrupted, or when a blood vessel bursts or leaks and affects a person’s brain tissue, according to the Mayo Clinic. Symptoms may include paralysis or numbness of the face, loss of vision in one or both eyes, difficulty walking, or difficulty speaking and understanding language.
Chin wrote on Sunday that what happened to him was “not a complete blow”. Before the show, she felt fine, she wrote, but within minutes of the newscast starting, “things started happening.” She described the change in vision and numbness in one of her hands and arms.
“Then I knew I was in big trouble when my mouth wouldn’t speak the words that were right in front of me on the teleprompter,” she wrote.
Her colleagues at the NBC affiliate immediately called 911, she said.
“If you were watching Saturday morning,” she added, “you know how desperately I tried to move the show forward, but the words just wouldn’t come.”
After the ordeal, Chin said she learned it might not be obvious that someone would have a stroke, but quick action could save a life. She shared an acronym for recognizing symptoms and remembering to take action. “BEFAST” stands for loss of balance, changes in eyesight, facial drooping, arm weakness and slurred speech, with the last letter meaning it’s time to call 911, Chin wrote. .
Similar acronyms were shared by Mayo Clinic and the American Stroke Association.
Chin began his career as a journalist working for various stations in New York and North Carolina before moving to KJRH in Tulsa, where she began covering weather. She is now a reporter and anchor for the station’s weekend news show.
In response to viewers asking about Chin’s condition, KJRH shared Chin’s Facebook post on Monday. “We wish him the best on his road to recovery and a well-deserved rest,” the station said. wrote.
Chin wrote on Sunday that she would undergo further tests, but would be back on the air in a few days.
“Thank you all for loving and supporting me so well,” she wrote.