Cameraman falls in lake on live TV, still gets the perfect shot

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Cameraman falls in lake on live TV, still gets the perfect shot
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Sometimes you get so into your work that you accidentally fall into a lake. It happens!

But if you're a cameraman named Chris, you might just be skilled enough to recover and capture the whole incident for live television. That's what happened during this Las Vegas broadcast.

Chris was capturing footage of his colleague reporting from a kayak, he appeared to accidentally fall into the lake.

"Are you alright, Chris?" the reporter yelled. "Yeah, I'm good," he said.

Though the reporter claims "no electronics or cameras were injured in this live shot," there was certainly a scary splash.

But in an impressive plot twist Chris wound up capturing the perfect final shot.

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Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.


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