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Anderson Cooper Saves Wounded Haiti Boy
January 23rd, 2010 - 8:50 pm

By Gina Gomez

Jan 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) CNN journalist Anderson Cooper has himself been hitting headlines as the correspondent saved the life of a Haitian boy during an extremely violent looting scenario in the city of Port-au-Prince, which has been severely effected by the massive earthquake that rocked the island nation earlier this month. The incident has been grabbing immense attention as it has been caught on camera and at the same time highlights the desperate circumstances in the disaster hit Caribbean island.

The incident took place as Anderson Cooper along with other CNN crews, was covering the looting that was taking place in a store when a young local boy was hit hard with a concrete piece. The footage shows the CNN newsmen rescuing the boy from the chaotic situation as the boy received serious injuries when he was caught in the violent situation. This prompted the much acclaimed journalist to abandon his reporting duties for the moment and he went right ahead to help the young boy who was bleeding profusely from a head injury.

While recounting the violent incident in his blog, Anderson Cooper stated that the incident took place as young men attempted to grab stolen items from the store. The situation soon went out of control as people were injuring one another to grab the items which later resulted in the boy getting injured. The journalist escorted the boy to a safe location and handed him over to a local person. However, the CNN correspondent also revealed that he had no clue about the present whereabouts of the boy although he hoped that the boy was doing well.