Lester Holt was nearly brought to tears Monday during NBC News’ broadcast of the solar eclipse.
The veteran news anchor found himself getting emotional after interviewing a man at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana.
See the touching moment below.
Holt, 65, was at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first solar eclipse in the United States since 2017.
During coverage of the event, the news anchor interviewed an unnamed man about his experience.
“My mom always promised me a trip to the moon, so this is as close as we get,” the man shared.
Holt asked the spectator when his mother, Anne Lakin, died, and he replied, “Two years December, 1969 watching the first moon landing together, she made it an event that we would never forget. This is to her.”
As the two men began to show their emotions, Holt placed his hand on the man’s back telling him, “She’s with you today.”
Once only Holt was in the frame of the camera, the news anchor admitted, “Listen, I’m caught up in the emotion too. You go into this. You don’t know what to expect, thinking, ‘Well, it’s just going to be nighttime for a few minutes.’ Yeah, kinda, but not really.”
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