Jeff Pegues

As the storm crashed into New York City he reported on the rising flood water and spreading fires in Queens.

Prior to WABC-TV, Pegues was a reporter for WBAL-TV in Baltimore, Maryland, where he earned Emmy Award nominations.

He is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he was an all-state track star and an all-conference football player.

He was a starting wide receiver, and earlier in his career, a back-up to Canadian Football League legend Milt Stegall.

In 2013, he received the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) for excellence in journalism.