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CNN’s Laura Coates Recounts Seeing Man Set Himself On Fire Outside Trump Trial Courthouse: ‘Unbelievably Disgusting’
By subsequent death,
12 days ago
CNN's Laura Coates Reflects on Shocking Courthouse Incident
On Friday, April 19, CNN anchor Laura Coates found herself unexpectedly thrust into a harrowing situation outside the Manhattan courthouse, where the trial involving former PresidentDonald Trump was unfolding.
Coates recounted the terrifying moments when a man, identified as Max Azzarello from Florida, set himself on fire just feet away from her, sending shockwaves through the surrounding crowd.
Coates had been standing outside the courthouse, engaged in conversation with a jury consultant when the unimaginable unfolded amid screams and panic among bystanders.
In the current climate of heightened awareness about gunviolence, initial fears of an active shooter quickly gave way to the grim reality of a man engulfed in flames, Coates said.
Drawing from her background as a former federal prosecutor familiar with the inner workings of courtrooms, Coates revealed she grappled with the shock and horror of bearing witness to such a traumatic event.
The man’s self-immolation and subsequent death have been described as a protest linked to his conspiratorial beliefs.
“He happened to be someone we thought was milling around earlier and throughout the week near the courthouse where we were…Police say he was aconspiracytheorist, and while his conspiracies run the gamut, they didn’t centre aroundTrumpor Biden,” said Coates.
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