Speaking candidly about escaping the L.A. fires with her newborn daughter, the former CNN anchor says, I know that I am lucky
“The only priceless things in my life — my daughter, my family, our health — we have, and for that I am truly blessed,” said Nicole Lapin
Author and former CNN and CNBC anchor Nicole Lapin, who gave birth to a daughter just weeks ago, shared that she she lost her home amid the Los Angeles wildfires, but that she and her family are safe.
“In the last month, my whole life has been turned upside down,” the New York Times bestselling author said in a video on Instagram, which was shared after her home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood was destroyed.
Lapin — who gave birth to a baby girl just three weeks ago — is one of more than 150,000 throughout Los Angeles forced to evacuate their homes because of the blazes, which have left at least 24 dead with dozens more still missing.
The finance journalist, 40, was taking care of her newborn when she went to the roof, «saw flames and just left,» according to an emotional clip posted to Instagram.As she fled her home, Lapin «left with literally nothing,»
including no wallet, no ID, no passport, no pictures. But, as she looked down at her daughter in the video, she acknowledged that they ultimately escaped with the «most valuable and most priceless» thing of all: family.
