

One of his sons contracted the virus after he did, Hook said. I was really careful, and the kids were like, 'It's no big deal' and I was like, well it's not for you, but I don't want to get this." As time went on we kind of relaxed some of it.

"I mean we've tried to lock them down, but they've been going nuts. He had been particularly diligent because he has three teenagers at home, he said. Meet Garrett Archer: How relentless reporting made ABC15's data wizard a star "Oh yeah, yeah - mask wearing, hand sanitizing," he said. He said he has been careful throughout the pandemic. Hook said he has no idea how he contracted the virus, although he suspects he got it before the San Antonio trip. He wound up being off the air for three weeks. It just started to really get worse and worse." And then the next day it was 4 miles, and by day three it's like I can't even walk, I'm in bed. I'm like, I'm going to walk 5 miles, keep my lungs working. "The first day I thought, I'm going to walk 5 miles, even though I was positive. Once he was diagnosed, Hook got progressively sicker, he said. I was like, oh, man."Īt home with Dave Pasch: Why the ESPN announcer is feeling 'ready for anything' 'It just started to really get worse and worse' I was hoping he was not going to tell me I was positive, but he came back in and said yeah, you've got it. "And then on (Feb.) 18th I woke up and I just told my wife, 'Something is not right. "We got back and I was run down from all that and it was stressful as all get out," he said. The hotel where they were staying lost power and water, so they rented a car and drove the 16 hours back to Phoenix, Hook said.

"I was like, hmm, that's weird," he said. Hook said he was in San Antonio with his wife and daughter when two things happened: He got a scratchy throat, and the epic winter storm hit Texas. "It was weird, all of this stuff happening at once," Hook told The Arizona Republic. The reason for his absence? He had COVID-19. When Fox 10 news anchor John Hook went missing from the newscast for a few weeks, viewers were understandably curious.Īfter all, his former co-anchor Kari Lake had been off the air for weeks and eventually left the station.
