SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KESQ) – “He’s a really great person, really friendly, really appreciable.”
That’s how Pablo Perez, a helicopter mechanic, remembered George Marciniw. Marciniw was the pilot flying NewsChopper4 when it crashed on Tuesday. Marciniw, reporter Eliana Romero, and a pedestrian on the ground, Edy Guitierrez Mejia, were killed in the crash.
Perez and Marciniw had a close working relationship that began a couple of years ago, when Marciniw approached Perez about working on some of the other helicopters he owned…