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  • Snowplow TV Reporter: Wave of Snow ‘Videobombs’ Live Standup

    Some snowplows take snowball fighting a little too far.

    During a live TV coverage Monday morning in Salem County, New Jersey, one of Philadelphia’s local reporters was crushed by a wave of snow.

    WTXF-TV Fox 29’s Steve Keeley was reporting about the trendy snowstorm hitting the east coast when a snowplow swept by, striking him with a heavy load.

    In the video, Keeley starts his morning report as usual, speaking on the details of the weather and what necessary procedures the snowplows are doing to minimize the amount of snow on the streets.

    He then, for some reason, moves closer to the street. As the cameraman shows footage of snowplow trucks passing by, the reporter is all of a sudden engulfed in snow.

    Despite the minor videobomb, Keeley continues to talk as if nothing even happened.

    Watch Keeley get hit by massive snow:

    What a trooper!

    According to Fox 29, Keeley is a “pro” at his job because aside from the hard hit,  “he didn’t even miss a beat.”

    The station stated how Monday’s live coverage was the “15th snowstorm Keeley has reported on this winter.”

    The veteran reporter made light of the situation by jokingly saying that a rival reporter from another station may have sabotaged his live coverage.

    He even went on Twitter and posted a funny comment about plows and cows:

     


    Keeley told Good Day Philadelphia’s Mike Jerrick that he’s more than certain that this incident would make him a YouTube sensation. 

    “You know I’ve spent my whole time here, ever since the invention of YouTube, I have done everything I could to avoid being a YouTube star, and I think that hit will be on YouTube.”

    Unfortunately, Keeley will not hold the title as the first reporter uploaded to YouTube following a snowplow incident. However, he may be the first one to go viral.

    Seven years ago, a WWTV Michigan journalist was nearly knocked out by a snowplow truck while reporting in a similar fashion.

    Check it out here:

    Future reporters, use this as a bit of advice: do not report so close to the roadways-especially when snowplows are present.

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  • Jessica Sanchez is Declared Cancer-Free and Returns Back to WKMG

    Traffic reporter Jessica Sanchez at WKMG-Channel 6 will be returning back to work following a one-year struggle with cancer.

    If you’re unfamiliar with Sanchez, you may remember the very outspoken journalist for her controversial response to a drunk interviewee during a live Superbowl report last January 31 in New Orleans.

    In the video a young female, who is obviously under the influence, interrupts Sanchez’s live standup. In response, the annoyed TV journalist informed the lady that her report was on STDs and asked if she ever had any.

    Of course the news report went viral and Sanchez received a mix of backlashes and support for how she handled the “videobombing.” Thus, WKMG saw something in her that others did not and she continued forward with her position as a traffic reporter.

    Sanchez was later diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, in which the station announced to the public in March 2013. In April she shared her story during a live broadcast.

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    Now, after extensive treatment and chemotherapy, the 33-year-old is said to continuously receive negative test results. Her oncologist has diagnosed her condition to be cancer-free.

    WKMG’s General Manager Skip Valet reported to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper that he is “pleased to announce that Jessica Sanchez continues to get positive news from her doctors” and looks forward to her returning on a part-time schedule.

    Sanchez, who is so excited about her reunion with WKMG, plans to come back to her job sometime next week.

    Since Sanchez is still reassessing her energy level, the station authorized her to start behind the scenes so she can retrain with new equipment and slowly build her way back up to being an on-air reporter. (image)

    “They want to see how I do with all of that. I want to go back and go back for good. I think it’s the best way to go back in part time and get used to everything,” she told the newspaper.

    One of the things Sanchez is most concerned about is reprogramming her body to wake up in the early morning hours for work. Besides that, she is more than ready to readjust to all the changes that have occurred since she has been away.

    As for the station, Valet confirms that they are more than sure that Sanchez is ready to start back work again.

    “It feels so good to say I see the light again,” she stated. “I see normal again.”

    The cancer-survivor plans to broadcast her return next week during an on-air newscast segment.

    Check out the “videobombing” report below:

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