TV Anchor Breaks Down at Sydney Hostage Scene

An Australian Anchor broke down on air after learning that she knew one of the victims in the Sydney Hostage siege.

Natalie Barr broke down live on air while revealing her personal connection to the death of 38 year-old Katrina Dawson had been killed when the siege ended in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The late Sydney barrister and mother of three, Katrina, was the sister of a lawyer that works at the station.

Covering stories like this are hard, that is made much worse when you have a personal connection to someone inside.

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