sam donaldson, peter jennings, and this rookie -- >> ted koppel, abc, south vietnam -- >> he look like baby face. >> reporter: for three decades hiroshiki captured a first draft of american history. but his accent remains stubbornly japanese. he covered presidential politics to international summits. >> i remember being in moscow with sam donaldson, and sam insisted on working with tony, so did every other anchor there. >> what made tony a good cameraman? >> tony had life experience. he had the beautiful eye to see like a story. >> reporter: his humanity helping guide young talent on both sides of the camera. >> every producer had a story about why they had to work with tony. they'd change shoot days to match tony's schedule. there's a whole generation of journalists who are as good as they are in part because of tony. >> reporter: hiroshiki retired a few years back. but this generation of anchors like bob woodruff and david muir will always remember him fondly. >> but investigators say -- >> do you remember any of those early standups? >> one of them i remember. just ten minutes befor

. >> reporter: he braved the dangers alongside the best and the brightest abc had to offer like sam donaldson, peter jennings, and this rookie. >> this is near south vietnam. >> reporter: for three decades, through his viewfinder, he captured a first draft of televised american history. he retired a few years back, but this generation of anchors like bob woodruff and david muir will always remember him fondly. >> do you remember any of those early stand-ups? >> one time i remember just ten minutes before -- no. all right, the show started, and you came -- make sure i don't make a mistake. >> i came to you in the show and was already on the air. >> yeah. >> nothing's changed. well, thank you for having patience for all of us, all these years. >> you are one of my correspondents too. >> and i'm proud of that. i'm proud of that, tony. >> thank you. >> great man. thank you for watching tonight. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "gma." tom is back here tomorrow. again, thanks for watching. good night. good night. prices of the season' on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort

. >> reporter: he braved the dangers alongside the best and the brightest abc had to offer like sam donaldson, peter jennings, and this rookie. >> this is ted koppel, abc, near south vietnam. >> reporter: for three decades, through his viewfinder, he captured a first draft of televised american history. he retired a few years back, but this generation of anchors like bob woodruff and david muir will always remember him fondly. >> do you remember any of those early stand-ups? >> one time i remember just ten minutes before -- no. all right, the show started, and you came -- make sure i don't make a mistake. >> i came to you in the show and was already on the air. >> yeah. >> nothing's changed. well, thank you for having patience for all of us, all these years. >> you are one of my correspondents too. >> and i'm proud of that. i'm proud of that, tony. >> thank you. >> great man. thank you for watching tonight. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "gma." tom is back here tomorrow. again, thanks for watching. good night. >>> tonight on abc 7 news at 6, we're following breaking news. a man shot and kil