WABC-TV reporter Lisa Colagrossi dies at 49

Reporter Lisa Colagrossi, a fixture of New York's ABC affiliate, WABC-TV's morning news coverage, has died, the station announced on its website Saturday.

The Eyewitness News correspondent and anchor, 49, was returning from a work assignment Thursday morning when she suffered a brain hemorrhage and died.

"Thursday seemed like just another morning, with Lisa Colagrossi doing what she did so well, reporting live from the scene," her colleagues wrote. "She was an amazing reporter, committed to Eyewitness News. She was dedicated to telling a story with honesty, a working woman, a hockey mom, she was gutsy and fearless."

The Cleveland native began work at WABC less than a week after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Barely two months later, she was the first reporter on site when American Airlines crashed after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, which killed all 260 people aboard.

"She could walk you through any story, even the hardest ones including the Sandy Hook tragedy," recalled her friends at WABC. "It's hard to imagine mornings without Lisa."

Colagrossi leaves behind her husband, Todd, and two sons, Davis and Evan.