NBC anchor breaks down after colleagues killed in helicopter crash
Veteran NBC anchor Robert Kovacik broke down after learning colleagues Eliana Moreno and George Marciniw had died in a Los Angeles helicopter crash. Kovacik was at the scene covering an earlier bus collision when the news chopper went down nearby. He reportedly saw black smoke, rushed toward the crash site and later reported live.
Edy Gutierrez Mejia was among three people who lost their lives in the NBC Los Angeles helicopter crash that occurred on September 15. The third victim was a person on the ground who perished alongside reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw. A fourth individual was injured and airlifted to a hospital for medical care, though their identity remains unconfirmed.
The helicopter was on a news-gathering mission to cover a crash involving an SUV and a Metro bus in Chatsworth, California, which resulted in the deaths of two people. The specifics surrounding the cause of the catastrophic helicopter crash are still under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
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