It began like an ordinary breaking-news assignment over Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NBC4 aerial reporter Eliana Moreno, 38<\/strong>, was aboard NewsChopper4 with pilot George Marciniw, covering a deadly crash involving an SUV and a Metro bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, suddenly, everything changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The helicopter began losing altitude. The camera inside the aircraft shook violently as the situation appeared to deteriorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the final moments captured on the recording, Moreno could be heard asking the pilot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat? You can\u2019t pull up?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Moments later, the helicopter crashed in Chatsworth, bursting into flames and setting nearby vehicles on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreno and Marciniw were killed, along with a third person on the ground. Another person was hospitalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The tragedy was especially devastating inside the NBC4 newsroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Veteran anchor Colleen Williams was live on air when the station confirmed that the aircraft was actually their own NewsChopper4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Struggling through tears, she told viewers that the newsroom had lost contact with its crew and had just received confirmation of the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The broadcast was eventually cut so the team could process the devastating news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreno had spent years working in aerial journalism and was remembered as a respected reporter who loved the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She had once described aerial journalism as \u201cthe best job in the world.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Federal investigators are now working to determine what caused the helicopter to crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The tragedy has left colleagues, viewers, and loved ones mourning a reporter whose career was spent bringing breaking news to people from above the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n May Eliana Moreno, George Marciniw, and the third victim be remembered. \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n