In 1984 Van Sant joined CBS News and worked in Atlanta as a correspondent for CBS Evening News for the next six years . His investigative report on high number of medical helicopter crashes won him his first Emmy Award in 1986 . In 1989 he was assigned to the London bureau from where he reported on the collapse of Soviet Union , the first Gulf War , reunification of Germany and famine in Africa . He moved to New York in 1991 and reported for CBS News magazines '' Street Stories '' until 1993 , and '' America Tonight '' until 1994 . He was then assigned to CBS Evening News where he worked until 1997 and received his second Emmy Award for his report on the economic and social collapse in Albania . In 1997 – 1998 Van Sant was named a correspondent for '' Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel '' . He was the first TV journalist who reported on devastating famine in North Korea , a documentary which won him his third Emmy Award . He was also a part of the CBS News undercover investigative team which taped an indicted war criminal in Bosnia . Van Sant reported on major national events including September 11 attacks , Hurricane Katrina , Virginia Tech massacre and interviewed many celebrities such as Julie Andrews , Christopher Plummer , Garth Brooks , Nick Nolte , Lee Ann Womack , and Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks . He also reported '' 48 Hours Special '' on Oklahoma City bombing in a documentary called '' Day of Reckoning ''
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
Peter Van Sant