Kathi Goertzen ( April 30 , 1958 – August 13 , 2012 ) was a longtime co-news anchor of Seattle ABC affiliate KOMO-TV along with Dan Lewis ( the 6PM edition ) and also the 5PM edition with Eric Johnson . She joined KOMO in June 1980 , after the eruption of Mount St. Helens and did many special newscasts thereafter , including the fall of the Berlin Wall ( she was the first local American TV news reporter to do so )
eruption of Mount St. Helens
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
Kathi Goertzen