 Later that year, she started as the New York City reporter for the daily morning show ""Despierta America"", on Univision, and did live shots for the longest-running variety TV show in the world, ""Sabado Gigante"".In 2001, Cruz was hired by the New York Telemundo affiliate WNJU as a reporter for "Noticiero 47".With only one month on the job, she covered the WTC terrorist attacks, being one of the first reporters on the scene at Ground Zero.