From 2001 to 2005 , Horton flew and reported for KABC 7 in Los Angeles . She was with KTLA 5 in Los Angeles from April 2005 to October 2005 , flying their helicopter and reporting traffic and breaking news for the '' KTLA Morning News '' . '' Los Angeles '' magazine says , " The most memorable and unfortunate event Horton ever covered was in 2002 , when five-year-old Samantha Runnion was kidnapped from her home in Stanton California and murdered . ' I hate to bring this up , but I was the first one on the scene when they discovered her body in the mountains . The police had n't covered her up yet , and with my 1,000-millimeter zoom lens I could see everything . ' " '' Los Angeles '' magazine 's claim is debatable since on October 29 , 2006 , while flying for KNBC 4 , Horton had to report the deaths of four of her fellow United States Forest Service firefighters ( a fifth would later succumb to his injuries ) in the arson-caused Esperanza Fire . The next day , Horton herself would be fighting that fire from the air
Esperanza Fire
Esperanza Fire
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