Revisiting the time she broke down on “Good Morning America” while covering Hurricane Katrina's destruction of her hometown Pass Christian, Mississippi, Robin Roberts said she feared losing her job.
Only three months after she was named a host of the ABC News show with industry vets Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer, Roberts had played it straight on the Gulf Coast. That's what reporters do: they keep a lid on emotions to get the work done. Then Gibson asked, during a live shot, if Roberts had determined that her mother and other family members were safe.
