Jan 28, 2008 10:28 am US/Eastern
Antonio Mora Joins CBS4 News Today
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Antonio Mora will start anchoring CBS4 News on Monday at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., and 11:00 p.m.
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Mora became part of the Good Morning America team- working alongside names like Diane Sawyer.
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Mora, his wife Julie, and their 2 children, 11-year-old Clara, and 8-year-old Antonio are moving back to South Florida.
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On Monday you will see a new face on CBS4 News. Antonio Mora will be anchoring CBS4 news at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11:00 p.m.
As CBS4's Shannon Hori reports, you might already be familiar with him.
"It's coming home, almost my whole family is here, and it's just terrific to be with them," explained Mora.
Mora was just 2-years-old when his family arrived to South Florida. They left Cuba in 1960 and moved into a house in Coral Gables. Back then it was very different.
"We sort of small town," Mora's father said. "It's incredible how it's changed."
The growing family lived in other parts of the country and world for Mora's father's work, but every year they vacationed in South Florida and in 1980 his parents made it home again.
Mora said his parents have been married 50 years. They have 6 children and 12 grand-children.
Mora is the oldest child. He practiced law first, but discovered his true passion-broadcast journalism.
His first job was with Univision that led him to South Florida, working for WTVJ in the early 90's.
"I covered stories relating to Cuba, Haiti," he explained. "I covered stories that were on the national news because they were so big in this area."
His work caught the attention of the ABC network. He reported from around the country and the world. Mora became part of the Good Morning America team- working alongside names like Diane Sawyer, Joan Lunden, Robin Roberts, Charlie Gibson and a surprise guest now and then.
The first time he went back to Cuba was with Peter Jennings in 1998 they visited Havana's Colon cemetery.
Mora, his wife Julie and their 2 children, 11-year-old Clara, and 8-year-old Antonio are moving back to South Florida.
"To have my family grow up near my family and near their Cuban American roots, it's priceless," Mora explained. "I see it as a big, big gift of God."
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