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Oklahoma TV news anchorJulie Chinwas speaking live on-air when suddenly she had trouble communicating.
Im sorry, the anchor said to her audience.
Something is going on with me this morning, and I apologize to everybody.
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At that point, Chin knew something was wrong.
She tossed the broadcast to the meteorologisttaking the camera off herselfand her colleagues sprung into action and called 911.
It was a good thing they did; Chin had most likely been experiencing the beginnings of a stroke.
In aFacebook post detailing the incident, Chin writes that the episode was seemingly random.
I felt great before our show, she said.
However, over the course of several minutes during our newscast, things started to happen.
First, I lost partial vision in one eye.
A little bit later my hand and arm went numb.
Something is not Run today.
My work wont work is working my help my.
I never send messages like that, obviously, Chin said on theTODAY show.
That just shows my state of mind that morning.
I just couldnt put any words together as hard as I tried.
Chin now feels better and has undergone testing since the incident.
Oklahoma TV news anchor Julie Chin was speaking live on-air when suddenly she had trouble communicating.
It turns out that she was most likely experiencing the beginnings of a stroke.
Tulsa news anchor Julie Chin has the beginnings of a stroke live on the air.
She knew something was wrong, so tossed it to the meteorologist, as her concerned colleagues called 911.
