'I know I've been truly blessed': fiancé of NBC reporter killed in LA helicopter crash breaks his silence

From the Newshound archive · first published 23 September 2026.

Robert Barrientos, 47, has paid tribute to his fiancée Eliana Moreno, 38, saying he cannot express the pain of losing 'my love this way.' The couple had planned to retire to a Tennessee farm to care for animals. The September 15 crash also killed pilot George Marciniw, 70, and bystander Gutierrez Mejia, 29. Barrientos said Moreno 'loved her 2 dogs Penrose and Fullerton more than anything in this world.'