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KEY POINTS

  • KJRH news anchor Julie Chin suffered the "beginnings of a stroke" during a live television broadcast Saturday
  • The journalist gave an update on her condition and shared more details about the incident on Facebook
  • Chin is currently recovering and will return to work in a few days

Julie Chin, a news anchor on the Tulsa, Oklahoma, NBC affiliate KJRH, suffered from the "beginnings of a stroke" while delivering news during a live television broadcast Saturday morning.

In a clip from the broadcast posted via Twitter by former NBCUniversal senior executive Mike Sington, the 52-year-old journalist can be seen having difficulty delivering her lines and reading the words on the teleprompter right in front of her.

However, she immediately addressed the incident, saying, "I'm sorry, something is going on with me this morning, and I apologize to everybody."

She quickly passed the baton over to meteorologist Annie Brown for a weather update, but Chin failed to return to the air for the remainder of the broadcast.

Chin was rushed to the hospital Saturday after her co-workers called 911, the New York Post reported.

Social media users commented on the viral video, praising the news anchor for her professionalism and sending her prayers.

"I hate that she felt she had to apologize. She handled that gracefully. Sending her love. Glad she is OK!" one user wrote.

Another commented, "I'm so glad she's doing well. Not that it's the most important thing, but good grief, [that] was the most professional thing I've ever seen a broadcaster do. She's smooth. Talk about cool under pressure."

Chin gave an update on her condition late Sunday via a lengthy Facebook post, in which she shared more details about the on-air incident.

"The past few days are still a little bit of a mystery, but my doctors believe I had the beginnings of a stroke live on the air Saturday morning. Some of you witnessed it firsthand, and I'm so sorry that happened," she wrote. "The episode seemed to have come out of nowhere. I felt great before our show. However, over the course of several minutes during our newscast, things started to happen."

Chin explained she first "lost partial vision in one eye" and then her arm and hand went numb.

"I knew I was in big trouble when my mouth would not speak the words that were right in front of me on the teleprompter," she continued.

The broadcaster said her test results have "all come back great," adding, "At this point, doctors think I had the beginnings of a stroke, but not a full stroke. There are still lots of questions, and lots to follow up on, but the bottom line is I should be just fine."

Chin then thanked the emergency responders and medical professionals "who have shared their expertise, hearts and smiles," as well as her KJRH family who covered her shifts and immediately "recognized the emergency situation" by calling 911.

Chin also gave advice on identifying the symptoms of stroke, which may "not always be obvious." She shared the acronym BE FAST, which meant balance (sudden loss of balance), eyes (sudden vision changes, face (facial droop), arms (one arm drifts downward), speech (slurred/confused speech), and time and terrible headache.

The journalist said she will return to the news desk in a few days and asked for prayers for her recovery.

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