Eliana “Eli” Moreno was still sharing lighthearted moments from her life as an aerial news reporter just days before the helicopter she was aboard crashed in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, killing her and two others, including pilot George Marciniw.
Moreno, a veteran NBC4 Los Angeles and Telemundo 52 reporter known as “Eli in the Heli,” had been working from the air for years, covering breaking news across Southern California. Her final public exchange on X came on September 12, just three days before the fatal crash.