Journalists are praying for the well-being of their colleagues today after two CNN crews covering Hurricane Dennis were swept out to sea by giant waves last night.
"If it's not hundred-foot waves, it's man-eating sharks out here," said Anderson Cooper, in an interview hastily broadcast from his sinking satellite truck. Cooper's truck had crashed through a concrete barrier and dropped off a low cliff into raging seas. The truck, rapidly filling with water, lost transmission capabilities before the interview could be completed.
Others now missing include newscaster Soledad O'Brien, whose last reported words were "So, no, this isn't tanning weather, Aaron." Eyewitness accounts say that as O'Brien and her news crew packed up their gear after a broadcast, a 200-foot wave smashed across the seawall they were standing on, pulling them out to sea.
The US Coast Guard has launched what was characterized as a "massive" rescue operation to find the missing newscasters. Hundreds more newscasters have rushed to the area to cover this gripping story. Both reporters were said to be strong swimmers, but rumors are circulating that Coast Guard officials have them listed as "missing, presumed drowned." Additionally, both were lost in the general vicinity of recent shark attacks.
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