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Glenn Burns explains his sudden shortness of breath on air last night

Glenn Burns hopes to return to Channel 2 Action News on Monday, six weeks after open-heart surgery. CREDIT: WSB-TV

Credit: Rodney Ho

Credit: Rodney Ho

Glenn Burns hopes to return to Channel 2 Action News on Monday, six weeks after open-heart surgery. CREDIT: WSB-TV
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June 7, 2016

By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Tuesday, June 7, 2016 on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog

During the 11 p.m. Channel 2 Action News newscast Monday night, chief meteorologist Glenn Burns was doing his weather forecast when he lost his breath for a moment. He threw it back to anchor Jovita Moore and they soon cut to commercial.

A few minutes later, after the commercial break, he told the viewers he felt okay and finished his forecast.

But given that Burns had open-heart surgery three months ago, he sent me a note to explain what had happened:

Details of his actual heart surgery from my original story in March here. 

My interview with Burns a few weeks later. 

UPDATE: 8/2/2016 It has happened at least a couple more times since then.

UPDATE: 2/3/2017: It happened again tonight.

WSB-TV and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are both part of Cox Media Group.

About the Author

Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.

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