Sunrise: David 'Kochie' Koch ambulance interview with injured miner in 2006 trends now
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Footage has resurfaced of the moment David 'Kochie' Koch solidified his position as the king of breakfast television, as he prepares to farewell Sunrise.
While the 67-year-old conducted hundreds of interviews during his 21 years at the helm of Sunrise, it was a risky interview in the back of an ambulance that put Kochie's career o the map.
In April 2006, Kochie and his then co-host Mel Doyle were stationed at the Tasmanian town of Beaconsfield to report on a collapsed mine that had left one miner dead and seventeen trapped underground.
The Sunrise hosts were competing with numerous other news outlets at the scene of the disaster, but Kochie managed to get the scoop of the century after he jumped into the back of an ambulance to interview injured miner Todd Russell.
Kochie crashed through the security cordon and jumped into the vehicle after being invited inside by the Russell, who was a big fan of
