Gio Benitez is co-anchor of “Good Morning America” on Saturday and
Sunday and transportation correspondent for ABC News, based in New
York. He covers aviation, space, railroads and the auto industry
across all ABC News programs and platforms, including “20/20,”
“Good Morning America,” ”GMA3,” “Nightline,” “World News
Tonight with David Muir,” ABC News Live and ABC News Radio.

Benitez is an award-winning reporter and has covered a wide range of
stories for the network, including the Pulse nightclub shooting, El
Chapo’s underground escape from a Mexican prison and the Boston
Marathon bombing. He has a long history of breaking exclusive
investigative stories as part of the series, “GMA Investigates.”
Some of these investigations have led to important safety recalls.

In his role as transportation correspondent since 2020, Benitez has
covered aviation during the industry’s near-total collapse in the
pandemic as well as space at the onset of America’s private space
industry. He has also reported extensively on plane and helicopter
crashes across the country, train derailments and the dangerous
effects of hot cars on children.

Before joining ABC News in 2013, he was a reporter for WFOR-TV in
Miami, where he covered the 2012 presidential election and the Trayvon
Martin case.

In January 2010, Benitez traveled to Haiti to cover relief efforts
following the devastating earthquake. His return flight to Miami
turned into a rescue mission as he traveled with injured Haitian
evacuees to the island of Curaçao. In June 2009, he was the first
reporter to ever shoot a TV story entirely with an iPhone.

Benitez is the recipient of three national Emmy® Awards and two
regional Emmy Awards. In Miami, he was nominated for his investigative
series on alleged police brutality, which resulted in two Miami
officers being forced to turn in their guns and badges.

Before becoming a reporter, Benitez was an investigative producer at
WFOR-TV and worked on stories on Medicare fraud, public safety and
government corruption. He started at the station as an Emma L. Bowen
Foundation work-study scholar.

Born and raised in Miami, Benitez is fluent in both English and
Spanish. He is a graduate of Florida International University’s
School of International and Public Affairs with a degree in sociology
and anthropology.
