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Harry Low was sent by his employer BBC on Tuesday to report on the consequences of heavy rain in the British capital London. In a live broadcast he described the current situation from Mortlake Monday, a suburb of the metropolis.

He first gave his impressions in front of the camera. The director then played images from the day with flooded streets and an interview with a local resident. When the live broadcast continued, Low didn’t say a word for a few seconds, but looked into the camera without changing his face – and then continued speaking. Only later did he reveal the secret before the break: he had seen his bag stolen, but remained in the air.

Praise on social network: “Very professional”

“First time in my career: my bag gets stolen in the middle of my live broadcast,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter), adding a clip of the live broadcast. “Very professional, moving on,” one commenter wrote on the post.

The theft itself is not visible on the television images; the bag was apparently outside the image area. Low also did not say what was in the bag. According to a report in the New York Post, the thief has not yet been caught.

Low isn’t the only reporter who has been robbed while on duty. In August, two American reporters were robbed by three men wearing balaclavas and guns while reporting on robberies. Three years ago in Brazil, a journalist was threatened with a knife during live reporting.