Pity the poor TV reporter who has to “go live” from some dark, cold corner of the county to report on something fascinating that happened there 12 hours earlier. Fox-7 news reporter Crystal Cotti was on such an assignment late Monday night (late because the Boise State v. Oklahoma game ran into serious OT) when she lost her footing in the darkness and suffered a fractured ankle. The slip-n-fall caused a fright all around because Cotti is eight months pregnant. But all is well. A trip to the emergency room Tuesday – where Cotti and husband, Austin Rep. Mark Strama, bided their time watching Oprah in the waiting room – put the couple’s fears to rest once they heard the reassuring beat of their baby’s heart. Due date is Feb. 4. Cotti hopes to have kicked her ankle cast well into the end zone by then.
This article appears in December 29 • 2006.
