CNN Reporter Gets Hit by Rock on Live TV in Ferguson

CNN reporter Sara Sidner was pelted in the head with a rock as she reported live from the streets of Ferguson, Missouri on Monday night.

Sidner was standing across the street from a local business that had recently caught on fire when an anonymous person hit the CNN reporter in the head as she spoke remotely to anchor Jake Tapper.

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Viewers could hear the smack of the rock as it hit Sidner's head.


"Oh! Sorry, I just got hit by a rock," Sidner said.

Trapper immediately asked her if she was all right, to which she replied, "I'm OK, I'm OK. I've been hit with much worse in my day."

She continued reporting from the scene, but Tapper soon interrupted her and told her to leave the area.

"Sara, I'm sorry to interrupt you. I see other rocks going into the picture there," Tapper said. "There are obviously some really bad people near you. I want you to get to safety."

Protesters continued to throw rocks, loot and set fire to local businesses following the grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who shot and killed 18 year-old teenager Michael Brown.