CNN correspondents and crew members were forced to run for cover in two separate incidents in Israel and Iran due to bombardments overhead.
Anchor Erin Burnett and Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond were in Tel Aviv conducting a remote interview with retired Army Major Gen. Randy Manner at around 1 a.m. local time Wednesday when they heard loud air sirens.
Burnett picked up her papers and grabbed a microphone boom as the network’s crew in Israel sought shelter, saying, “Obviously we’re having trouble hearing because we got the sirens going on over here as we are going to seek shelter.”
NOW ON OUTFRONT: Erin Burnett takes shelter in Tel Aviv amid missile sirens; Speaks with Fred Pleitgen in Tehran. CNN operates in Iran with the permission of the Iranian government, as required under local regulations, but maintains full editorial control over what it reports. pic.twitter.com/MUppcFyK34
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“Fred Pleitgen’s in Iran. Fred, I know that you’ve been in Tehran where you don’t get warnings like this, you’ve been under bombardment. Can you just tell us what you are seeing there?” Burnett asked, continuing the broadcast.
During his own segment earlier in the night, Pleitgen, a CNN senior international correspondent, sprinted away from a site that had been bombed in Iran as the sound of explosions could be heard in the background.
An unnamed person could be heard telling Pleitgen and his crew, “We should go” before Pleitgen burst into a run, saying, “Okay, we’re hearing jets overhead … They told us to get out of here as fast as possible.”
As the sound of explosions could be heard, the camera cut away to Pleitgen and CNN staffers in a moving vehicle.
“So that just goes to show how fast things can turn bad here,” Pleitgen said as he panted. “We were filming at a site … that was apparently struck yesterday.”
Joining Burnett’s segment later on, Pleitgen discussed the heavy bombardments in Iran.
“Erin, first of all, you’re absolutely right. You don’t get the kind of warnings that you do, for instance, in Israel, of course, in other places in the Middle East,” Pleitgen said.
“In fact, just a couple of minutes ago before we went to air here we were actually under pretty heavy bombardment. We heard jets overhead all of a sudden. That noise became louder and louder and then there were some pretty big thuds.”
Seven US service members have been killed by Iranian strikes, including six following a March 1 Iranian strike on a US base in Kuwait and one following a strike the same day on a base in Saudi Arabia.
The Pentagon said Tuesday that around 140 American service members have been wounded since the war began on Feb. 28.
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