Anderson Cooper Egypt Attack Video (VIDEO) [View All]

[democracy1st]

CNN has released video of the attack on Anderson Cooper and his crew in Cairo by supporters of President Hosni Mubarak. The video is extremely shaky, but Cooper and his crew are clearly under siege, and Cooper can be heard saying he's been hit, yelling "calm down" and talking to his camerawoman.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/02/anderson-cooper-egypt-attack-video_n_817794.html

Anderson Cooper talked to The Huffington Post from Cairo on Wednesday night, and described what happened to him this morning, when he and his crew were attacked by a group of supporters of President Hosni Mubarak.

"A man jumped out of the crowd and tried to push us around," he said. "It sort of allowed other people in the crowd to focus on us. Other people came out of the crowd. Somebody punched me in the head, and from there things escalated quickly."

The crew decided they had to turn around, he said. They tried to walk away "as calmly as possible," but this did not calm the crowd around them.