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JUDY WOODRUFF (NewsHour): Miles O’Brien has traveled the world for the NewsHour, and at times to very dangerous places, as he did for his current series of reports from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. The third installment in that series will air on Tuesday, the anniversary of the tsunami that destroyed it.
After leaving Japan, he traveled to the Philippines for other upcoming stories. There, he dropped a heavy camera case on his left arm. The injury became life-threatening. And, during emergency surgery, Miles’ left arm was amputated above the elbow.
He’s now back home here. And he joins us to talk about what happened, plus a little of Fukushima.
Miles, we are so glad to see you.
MILES O’BRIEN: Judy, it’s good to be here. It’s good to be anywhere. Good to be alive.
(LAUGHTER)
JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, you know, people think reporting is a glamorous profession. You were over in Asia reporting on your own. You were, as you said, in Japan. You were doing your own camera work, sound. You were doing your own reporting.
You’re in the Philippines, and then this accident happens.
MILES O’BRIEN: Yes.
You know, being a one-man band is — comes with its own set of risks. Being a journalist comes with its own set of risks. But I suspect if we had been talking about this before the accident, we would be thinking about perhaps a trip to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant or a war zone.
And, sometimes, it’s the heavy case filled with gear that you need to be careful of. And that’s what I found.
Compartment Syndrome
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