Utah News Anchor Reunites with Son After Charlie Kirk Shooting
CBS NewsOctober 5, 20256 min19,597 views
11 connections·12 entities in this video→A Journalist's Personal Crisis
- 🎤 Heidi Hatch, an anchor for KUTV, was covering the Charlie Kirk shooting when she realized her son was present at the event.
- 😨 Her son, a sophomore at Utah Valley University, texted her from the event shortly before the shooting occurred.
- 🏃♂️ He described hearing what he initially thought were fireworks, then seeing Kirk's head go back and fall, prompting him to flee and call his mother.
Emotional Reunion and On-Air Testimony
- 🫂 Hatch experienced overwhelming sadness and fear, managing her journalistic duties while deeply worried about her son's safety.
- 📺 Minutes after reuniting with her son, Jordan, he joined her on camera to recount his experience of the shooting.
- 😥 Jordan described the chaos, the screams, and the realization that something
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