NBC reporter helps fainting pregnant refugee live on air in Hungary
A pregnant woman fainted on camera after inhaling tear gas in Hungary and was helped by a nearby reporter
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Published date: 18 September 2015 22:46 BST
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Last update: 8 years 8 months ago
A video clip of an NBC reporter helping a pregnant refugee as she collapsed from tear gas inhilation has gone viral on social media.
US journalist Richard Engel was in the middle of a piece-to-camera on the Hungarian-Serbian border as a pregnant woman ran towards the camera and collapsed. Without breaking his piece to camera, continuing to describe events, he began to help the woman who appeared to have fainted:
The reporter later caught up with the woman, who was revealed to be 19-years old and two weeks away from her due date.
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