An unlikely hero ended a horrifying ordeal for a woman in Evansville, Indiana who was kidnapped, kept locked up in a cage, tortured and raped. Steve Kastenbaum reported on the bizarre details of the story for CNN.com.

Steve Kastenbaum covered the nightly protests and clashes with police in Ferguson, Missouri in the wake of the Michael Brown shooting. He kept the CNN audience up to date on events with live reports through the night, as tear gas canisters and flash grenades sometimes went off at his feet.

It was a gruesome murder scene. Steve Kastenbaum reports on a Brooklyn man charged with stabbing and slashing to death five relatives he lived with, four young children and their mother.

As the Bridgegate scandal evolved in New Jersey, Steve Kastenbaum became CNN's lead producer on the story that rocked Governor Chris Christie's administration, breaking exclusive details along the way. Controversy spread to Hoboken, where the Democratic mayor claimed that the Christie administration offered her an ultimatum in exchange for Hurricane Sandy aid.

Steve Kastenbaum regularly reported on stories for CNN Newsource affiliates across the United States. In January of 2014, Steve reported from the streets of Boston as a Nor'easter brought sub-zero temperatures and mountains of snow to New England.

As tension rose in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri following the Michael Brown shooting, and protests gave way to clashes with police, Steve Kastenbaum kept the CNN audience apprised of the details. He was there as police turned to riot gear, smoke grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds.

The Occupy Wall Street movement was growing and gaining momentum two months after the first few people camped out in New York’s Zuccotti Park. Steve Kastenbaum reported live as tens of thousands of people from all walks of life joined a contentious rally in lower Manhattan for national day of action.

Steve Kastenbaum covered the events of 9/11 and was there when the Twin Towers collapsed. He reported on the tragic loss of life and the heartache it brought to individual families. Nearly 13 years later, Steve reported on the opening of the 9/11 Museum for CNN's affiliate stations.

As the sub-prime mortgage crisis ushered in the Great Recession, Steve Kastenbaum provided in-depth reports and analysis on the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. New York officials wanted some of that money for a new Penn Station.

As the bodies piled up on street corners throughout Port-au-Prince in the wake of the 2010 earthquake, people with horrific injuries had few places to turn to for help. Steve Kastenbaum visited one of a handful of functioning hospitals where volunteer doctors struggled to keep up with an endless stream of severely injured Haitians.

The Occupy Wall Street movement filled the streets of Manhattan with protests for many months in 2011. Steve Kastenbaum was embedded with the protesters who turned Zuccotti Park into a 24/7 protest campsite. Steve followed the demonstrations and brought them live to CNN affiliates across the US.

CNN Newsource affiliates depended on Steve Kastenbaum's reporting from New York when comedian Joan Rivers passed away.

Steve Kastenbaum was among the first group of journalists to arrive in Port-au-Prince in the wake of the devastating earthquake that took the lives of hundreds of thousands of Haitians. he was among the CNN team that got on the ground within 24 hours of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that leveled much of Haiti's largest city in 2010.