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Daily Mirror
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
CNN hosts left horrified as guest's backflip goes wrong in live TV mishap
A CNN guest required several stitches after an attempted backflip went horribly wrong live on air, with the presenters cutting to a commercial break after the accident A CNN broadcast went horribly awry yesterday when a guest fell face-first onto the floor after attempting a backflip live on air. Baseball player RobertAnthony Cruz was appearing on the show to chat about why backflips had become one of the nation's favourite hobbies. However, before the American channel's segment, the athlete attempted to do a backflip live on air - but spectacularly failed. Landing face first on the ground, presenter Kate Bolduan could be heard saying: "Oh Jesus." RobertAnthony rose from the floor and said: "That never happens." As concerned gasps could be heard from the rest of the studio, co-presenter John Berman tried to carry on with the segment. "That - that what you just saw there, is a brand new twist on America's favourite pastime." The presenters were then seen stifling awkward laughs as RobertAnthony composed himself. The show cut to commercial with John saying: "When we come back, hopefully we will hear from Coach RAC on all of his stunts." However, RobertAnthony did not return after the break. John told viewers: "All right. Our new friend Coach Rac, just so you know, is doing well. "And it only adds to the legend of the Savannah Bananas, whom you should absolutely check out at a stadium if you can get a ticket." After his time on CNN, RobertAnthony posted a video on TikTok, where he appeared to be icing a busted lip with dried blood on it. Explaining that he had appeared in New York for the CNN taping at 23am from Houston, RobertAnthony said that he was operating on just four hours sleep. "I have done tens of thousands of backflips in my life," he said. "I had zero reason to doubt my abilities." He added that he "didn't even know how that happened" and theorised that the accident may have happened after a camera light flashed while he was mid-air. "Aside from my damaged pride, I didn't sustain any serious injuries," he confirmed, adding that he was checked over by a doctor on-site and received several stitches after damaging his lips and chin. JohnAnthony - who goes by Coach RAC - is a baseball player with team Savannah Bananas.
Mint
07-06-2025
- Science
- Mint
Mega tsunamis in Greenland reached 650 feet height, had left scientists puzzled. The mystery is now solved
Scientists have decoded an unusual incident that unfolded in September 2023, when seismic stations across the world began to pick up a steady but unusual signal, repeating every 92 seconds. This steady pulse lasted nine full days and returned for a brief period after a month. It was too faint for people to feel but strong enough to make its presence felt across Alaska to Australia – an unusual behaviour for a typical earthquake. While scientists were baffled at first but the source was later traced to the remote Dickson Fjord in East Greenland – a narrow inlet that is bordered by 3,000-feet high cliffs. New satellite images have now shown a fresh scar where a section of the mountain had vanished – indicating something something massive had struck the water and set the fjord in motion. The answer lies in a colossal natural disaster that hit the area on September 16, 2023. On that day, over 25 million cubic yards of rock and ice – enough to fill 10,000 huge Olympic-sized swimming pools – collapsed into Dickson Fjord from the mountain side. This set in motion a mega tsunami, with waves reaching heights of 650 feet. These waves surged along the two-mile corridor of the fjord, crashing against cliffs and bouncing back, creating a seiche – a prolonged, sloshing motion. Unlike tsunamis, water in seiches go back and forth in an oscillating motion in an enclosed space repeatedly, sending low-frequency seismic energy for days through the earth's crust in a steady rhythm. The credit of solving the puzzle goes to the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) – a joint mission launched by NASA and French space agency in 2022. Using this data, scientists observed water elevation changes that were subtle, with slopes of up to two metres, and hitting across the fjord. These waves were a match to the oscillation expected from seiches. Scientists used machine learning to simulate wave behaviour over time to fill the gaps. 'It was exciting to be working on such a puzzling problem with an interdisciplinary and international team of scientists,' said Robert Anthony of the US Geological Survey. 'Ultimately, it took a plethora of geophysical observations and numerical modeling from researchers across many countries to put the puzzle together and get a complete picture of what had occurred,' he added.
