ANDERSON COOPER flew to the Middle East over the weekend to report on the fighting in Gaza.  And late Sunday night, it looked like a bomb landed SERIOUSLY close to him during a live report.

 

 

--If you haven't seen it, the video's on YouTube.  He was standing on a balcony, and you could see a huge flash of light behind him.  But HE didn't realize it until the sound from the explosion arrived about a second later.

 

 

(--Search for "Bomb Explodes Near Anderson Cooper."  The bomb is at :10.)