Some very sad now out of the Big Apple.

WNBC morning Reporter Katherine Creag died suddenly last night.

The station said that her passing was unexpected; she had not been ill and was working as recently as Wednesday morning.

"For ten years Kat was one of our cornerstones, always willing to help in any situation, whether it was a colleague in need or a shift that needed to be covered. She was thoughtful, funny and relentless. And even on the toughest days she was a bright light, quick with a kind word and a smile," WNBC's vice president of news, Amy Morris, said in an email to the staff.

Creag joined WNBC in 2011.

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