“Pallab Ghosh had the opportunity to interview Stephen Hawking for the BBC on multiple occasions. At their first meeting in 2004, a BBC camera operator wanted to change the lighting prior to the interview. Hawking’s staff gave him the go ahead to unplug something from his office to use the socket for camera equipment. An alarm sounded and Hawking slumped over in his wheelchair. Ghosh and the cameraman worried that they had unplugged a source of Hawking’s medical support equipment. However, the alarm was for the “uninterruptible power supply” used for Hawking’s computer and Hawking was not in any medical danger.”
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“Pallab Ghosh had the opportunity to interview Stephen Hawking for the BBC on multiple occasions. At their first meeting in 2004, a BBC camera operator wanted to change the lighting prior to the interview. Hawking’s staff gave him the go ahead to unplug something from his office to use the socket for camera equipment. An alarm sounded and Hawking slumped over in his wheelchair. Ghosh and the cameraman worried that they had unplugged a source of Hawking’s medical support equipment. However, the alarm was for the “uninterruptible power supply” used for Hawking’s computer and Hawking was not in any medical danger.”
Source: [The Story Behind How Stephen Hawking Pranked A BBC Reporter](https://www.grunge.com/893132/the-story-behind-how-stephen-hawking-pranked-a-bbc-reporter/)