After a career of covering everything from Super Bowls, hurricanes, presidential inaugurations and every local story in between, abc13 KTRK photographer Jaime Zamora is retiring from the Houston ABC station.
"I thank Channel 13 for thirty plus years of opportunity and excitement," Zamora told mikemcguff.com. "I wish my ABC colleagues nothing but the best.”
In his big announcement, Zamora looked back on his 38 year television news career which took him from KRIS and KZTV Corpus Christi, KVUE Austin, to finally KTRK Houston and said, "I’ve seen more pain and grief than anybody should ever see but have also witnessed great joy on many occasions."
One high-profile painful experience that Zamora recently risked his life to cover for the world took place near channel 13 in West University during an active shooting incident. KTRK's owner, The Disney ABC Television Group, commended Zamora for his live coverage.
On 9/11/2001, Zamora and anchor Tom Abrahams drove 24 hours straight to Washington DC to cover the Pentagon attack site.
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"Those first few days were a blur," he wrote on Facebook. "We worked for weeks in the aftermath before seeing our families again."
"Jaime as one of the many super photographers to work at KTRK," former channel 13 assistant news director and reporter Don Kobos told mikemcguff.com. "A consummate professional who was always one step ahead of the competition. I worked with him on many assignments, he always made me a better reporter."
With camera on his shoulder, Zamora's KTRK career took him to places as far from Texas as Latin America, Europe, China, Russia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia.
However Zamora's lasting legacy will be right here in Harris County where he established the first ever courthouse broadcast bureau.
"To all the photographers, broadcast or print, who I’ve worked with, you are all the real warriors and I’m honored to have been a part of your fraternity," he added.
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