Anderson Cooper is the ****ing man.

[Dante84]

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/1...-chaos/?hpt=T2

Ya gotta see these pics.

We were covering another story when we heard shots being fired. We ran toward the sound and found a store being looted. Two Haitian police officers were occasionally firing into the air to try to keep order, but that only worked for a few moments, then the looting would begin again.

They were stealing boxes of candles. An American businessman named Tony who owns two stores nearby barricaded one street to keep looters away. He had armed the two Haitian police with automatic weapons, and they were assisting him, but they were not able to control anything beyond their barricade.

It quickly became a free-for-all. Young men began fighting one another for the stolen items. A number of young men had knives, and planks of wood, screwdrivers and rocks. They were using their improvised weapons to threaten and injure others who had stolen items from the store. The robbers were now being robbed. One group of looters whipped another man with a leather belt. They punched him as well, and they stole the sack of goods he'd just stolen.

I was in the midst of the melee with Charlie Moore, my producer, Neil Hallsworth my cameraman, Vlad Duthiers, my translator, and there was a still photographer from Getty Images with us, photojournalist Jonathan Torgovnik. As things got really out of control, I saw a looter on the roof of the store they'd broken into throw what I think was part of a concrete block into the crowd. It hit a small boy in the head.

I saw him collapse. More chunks of concrete were being thrown at the looters on the roof. The injured boy couldn't get up. He'd try and then collapse again. Blood was pouring from his head. He was conscious but had no control over his body. I was afraid someone on the roof would see him lying there and throw another cinder block piece onto him. I was afraid he'd get killed. No one seemed to be helping him.

I ran to where he was struggling, and picked him up off the ground. I brought him to a spot about a hundred feet away. I could feel his warm blood on my arms. I stood him up, but he was clearly unable to walk. He wiped his bloody face, and I tried to reassure him. He had no idea where he was, and he clearly couldn't walk, so I picked him up again and handed him over to someone behind that makeshift barricade. Tony, the American businessman, gave the boy a wet towel. He was then taken away by someone else. We don't know what happened to him.

I hope he's ok.

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by munkey

It's the thread....it got of on the wrong foot and never wandered....

Gee... i wonder who hijacked it? lol

[Hammock Parties]

Thread title should be changed to "Anderson Cooper is ****ing men."

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Thread title should be changed to "Anderson Cooper is ****ing men."

If only he was picking ones from the internet, you'd be set, eh GoChiefs?

[munkey]

Originally Posted by Dante84

Gee... i wonder who hijacked it? lol

wasn't me...

[DJ's left nut]

Kiss that handicam goodbye, Anderson.

First rule of journalism - don't ever set your video camera on a pile of bricks in a crowd of looters.

[kcwild]

Originally Posted by stlchiefs

Interesting decision by Anderson to decide to get involved in the action rather than just report it. I definitely support his decision, there are enough journalists down there reporting about everything going wrong, it's great to see one act with human emotion, step up and help out in a time of need. Similar to Dr. Sanjay Gupta performing brain surgery on a girl down there as well.

Anderson's actions were awesome, but Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been a rock star. The story about how those doctors and nurses left the "hospital" due to security concerns and he stayed and watched after those 25 people all night by himself. Kids need role models, that's one right there.

[theultimatekcchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Anderson Cooper has nice guns. He wears a shirt with short sleeves to show them off! What a sexy hero man!

You do realize he is gay, right?

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by theultimatekcchiefsfan

You do realize he is gay, right?

it matters?

[Deberg_1990]

Coooper is as queer as a $2 dollar bill. Not that theres anything wrong with that.....

Its been obvious for awhile.

[theultimatekcchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by Dante84

it matters?

Not to me, I wasnt the one checking him out.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Dante84

If only he was picking ones from the internet, you'd be set, eh GoChiefs?

Cooper's too old for me.

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by NewPhin

Anderson Cooper is... seriously. Not a surprise, since his mom is Gloria freaking Vanderbilt.

Anderson Cooper is the heir of the Vanderbilt family. He is also a member of the Whitney family, who acquired a personal fortune estimated to be in the billions.

[Mastashake]

Originally Posted by Dylan

Anderson Cooper is the heir of the Vanderbilt family.

Yet, he went to Yale... Ouch.

[HMc]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Kiss that handicam goodbye, Anderson.

First rule of journalism - don't ever set your video camera on a pile of bricks in a crowd of looters.

The other cameraman picked it up (the one holding the camera we're looking through)

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Dylan

Anderson Cooper is the heir of the Vanderbilt family. He is also a member of the Whitney family, who acquired a personal fortune estimated to be in the billions.

I might start watching him now. You know a rich kid with a yale degree doing what he does have to have the passion to tell the story right. I don't know if he slants it or not but I'll watch a few of his shows and see.