Pazienza began a career in television news in 1992 as a writer/producer at WSVN TV . After rising quickly through the ranks to the position of executive producer he left , moving to Los Angeles to accept a job as a senior producer at KCBS-TV . While there he received his first regional Emmy Award , in 1996 , and won a prestigious Golden Mic Award . He went on to work as a producer at KNBC in Los Angeles , where he was given his second regional Emmy , and an executive producer at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles . During his time in television he also served as a producer and manager at WTVJ NBC 6 and WPLG 10 in Miami , and at MSNBC in New York City following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 . His TV career culminated with a senior producer position at CNN , first in Atlanta , Georgia then in New York City
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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