Fitness trainer who missed a coup unfolding behind her is a global sensation
By Asianet Newsable English | First Published Feb 2, 2021, 6:13 PM ISTThe swiftness with which the Myanmar military executed the political coup in the country is best exemplified by a viral video in which aerobic instructor is seen holding a live class while a convoy of tinted-glass vehicles goes past behind her.
The swiftness with which the Myanmar military executed the political coup in the country is best exemplified by a viral video in which aerobic instructor is seen holding a live class while a convoy of tinted-glass vehicles goes past behind her.
Not once did the aerobics instructor identified as Khing Hnin Wai stop her routine to check what was happening around her.
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The video, which Wai posted on her Facebook page, showed the convoy of vehicles driving up to the security checkpoint ahead of the Assembly of the Union complex in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw.
Una mujer hizo su clase de aerobic sin darse cuenta de que estaban dando el golpe de Estado en Myanmar. Y pues puede verse como el convoy de militares llega al parlamento. pic.twitter.com/fmFUzhawRe
— Àngel Marrades (@VonKoutli)
The video has since gone viral.
The 26-year-old physical education teacher said she was oblivious of a coup happening when she was recording her video.
When some questioned the timing of her video, Wai posted videos of her classes at the same venue.
တေယာက္ျဖဴရင္ အားလုံး လိုက္ျဖဴ တေယာက္မဲရင္ အားလုံး လိုက္မဲ တေယာက္ဆဲရင္ အားလုံးလိုက္ဆဲတတ္တဲ့...
Posted by Khing Hnin Wai on Monday, 1 February 2021
State-counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior leaders of the ruling party were detained in early morning raids as part of the coup.
Nevertheless, the video has been spread like wildfire with many already branding it the video of the year.
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