Dramatic moment Denver news reporter is reunited with her son after high school ... trends now
Denver-based Fox News reporter Alicia Acuna was reunited with her son live on air today following a shooting at his high school that left two teachers wounded.
The mom and reporter was recording a live segment outside East High School in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday following reports a student had shot two staff members, when she saw her teenage son walk past.
Acuna's attention was immediately diverted to her child, whom she urgently beckoned over.
'Excuse me, my son just came up,' she said. 'I'm sorry, I've not seen my kid since this all went down,' she continued, her voice beginning to break.
Fox News reporter Kelly Acuna, who was reunited with her teenage son live on air following a school shooting in Denver
'I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry,' she kept saying as she embraced her son, who looked the part of a teenager in high school in a sweatshirt, with a mop of dark, curly hair.
Acuna's on air colleagues told her to feel free to step aside if she needed to - but she said she was fine and her son was fine too.
'He's okay, he's good,' she said to camera.
'He's the one who was telling me what was happening,' she noted, adding that her sister was also delivering updates via her child, who also attends the high school.
Following the emotional moment, Acuna quickly snapped back to her professional demeanor to say: 'Parents definitely don't feel like they've been heard, especially over the last few years as we've seen the effects of the shut down that it's had on education and schools and crime in general.
'We'll have to see if something actually comes from this,' she said. 'This is a
