As an anchor at WNBC , he has led coverage of many major news events , including Pope Benedict XVI 's visit to the United States , the commissioning of the USS New York , President Barack Obama 's visit to Ground Zero after Osama bin Laden 's death , Hurricanes Irene and Sandy , the New York Giants ' ticker-tape parade , the 2012 Empire State Building shooting , the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting , and the death of Ed Koch . In 2014 , he traveled to eastern Afghanistan to cover the last deployment of a unit of the United States Army 's 10th Mountain Division . ( He reported on the same division in Iraq in 2007 , and had also reported from Kuwait and Iraq in 2004 . ) Gargiulo has occasionally appeared on the Nickelodeon series '' Team Umizoomi '' , playing a reporter
2012 Empire State Building shooting
2012 Empire State Building shooting
Michael Gargiulo (journalist)