CNN reporter Sara Sidner burst into tears during a live broadcast today, filled with emotion when reporting about a Los Angeles family suffering the loss of a mother and stepfather due to Covid-19.
“This is the tenth hospital I have been to,” said Sidner before pausing to compose himself, apologizing to CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota. “This is the tenth hospital I have been to and to see how these families have to live after that, and the headache that goes so far and so wide …”
Sidner’s report, about the terrible toll caused by the coronavirus in the black and Latin communities, highlighted southern Los Angeles resident Juliana Jimenez Sesma, whose mother and stepfather died during a recent 11-day period. The mother’s funeral was being held in a parking lot due to pandemic restrictions.
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“It’s not all right what we’re doing with each other,” said Sidner in tears. “These families shouldn’t be going through this, no family should be going through this.”
Camerota repeatedly assured Sidner that no apology was necessary, telling the correspondent that colleagues and viewers “appreciate your heart and excellent reporting”. The anchor added that Covid is “a collective trauma that we are all going through.”
See the segment above.