Kate Bolduan can be heard choking up several times during her segment.
While reporting on the heartbreaking footage of Omran Daqneesh, the Syrian boy who survived a military airstrike in Aleppo, CNN anchor Kate Bolduan lost her composure and broke down on air.
Ms Bolduan was sharing details about the five-year-old and the state he was in following the airstrike. The footage showed little Omran being pulled out of rubble and put into an ambulance, made catatonic by trauma. His face, covered with dust and blood, is being seen as emblematic of the current Syrian crisis.
Visuals of Omran have left the entire world shocked and grieving, reflected by Ms Bolduan in her segment. "What strikes me is we shed tears, but there are no tears here. He doesn't cry once. That little boy is in total shock. He's stunned. Inside his home one moment and the next, lost in the flurry and fury of war and chaos," she says, fighting back tears.
She can be heard choking up several times as she continues with her report. According to several reports, the war has claimed the lives of over 250,000 people and displaced millions in five years.
By the end of her segment, Kate Bolduan completely breaks down. "This is Omran. He's alive. We wanted you to know."
Since being shared some 17 hours ago, the clip from Ms Bolduan's segment has been viewed over 14 million times.