Al Roker has apologized for a selfie that was deemed insensitive.
The
NBC weatherman shared a picture of himself and some of his crew as they
covered storm-ravaged South Carolina on Sunday. Roker and two others
are dressed for the elements and smiling while a damaged car rests in a
portion of road collapsed by torrential rains.
Roker
deleted the photo -- which was captioned "My crew and I getting ready
to report on East Coast flooding from S. Carolina on @NBCNightlyNews
with Kate Snow" -- after many on social media started complaining about
the "disaster selfie."
After the outrage, Roker
tweeted, "I apologize for being insensitive," and for those who had
worried about the driver of the damaged vehicle, he added, "The woman in
that car got out without injury. We Should not have been in the
picture."
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