Julie Chin, a well-known news anchor from Oklahoma, made headlines in September 2022 when she abruptly quit a live show.
The Tulsa anchor is now speaking up about the incident and admitting that while on air, she experienced the “early stages of a stroke.”
Who is Oklahoma news anchor, Julie Chin?
Julie Chin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
She started her career in New York City at WCBS-TV following her cum laude graduation from Syracuse University.
Her KJRH biography states that she has also been spotted at WCTI, WXII, and WBOY over the years.
She returned to KJRH as an anchor on 2 News Oklahoma Weekend Today after taking a break to prioritise her family.
Chin has experimented in editing and meteorology in addition to anchoring.
Chin made headlines on September 3, 2022, when she abruptly ended her programme.
As she attempted to discuss NASA’s unsuccessful Artemis launch, she started to stumble over her words. She hurriedly signalled for meteorologist Anne Brown to take over.
“Something is going on with me this morning, and I apologize,” she said before passing it over to Brown.
“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.”
She then went on to explain that she began to lose partial vision in one eye and her hand and arm went numb.
“Then, 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 added.
Her colleagues quickly called 911 and she was then rushed to the hospital, where she underwent “all sorts of tests.”
Despite the initial fear, Chin assured fans that she is “OK” now and that all her tests came back “great.”
“In a few days, I’ll be back at the desk sharing the stories I love with the community I love. Thank you all for loving me and supporting me so well,” she concluded.
Julie Chin married?
She likes to keep her family out of the spotlight, thus little is known about them.
She met her husband in Tulsa, according to her KJRH biography, and the couple has since welcomed a son.
