“I know I’ve been truly blessed to have experienced the love I shared with her in this life,” said Robert Barrientos
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- Reporter Eliana Moreno and two others died in a KNBC helicopter crash in Los Angeles on Sept. 15
- Moreno’s fiancé, Robert Barrientos, shared a heartfelt tribute, remembering her passion for journalism and their plans for the future
- Moreno had covered breaking news from the air since 2010 and was a Chapman University graduate
Robert Barrientos, the fiancé of reporter Eliana Moreno, who was killed after a KNBC helicopter crashed in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, is speaking out.
Barrientos began his Sept. 22 Instagram tribute to his late fiancée by thanking everyone who has showered him with “love and prayers” since the tragedy that also killed pilot George Marciniw, 70, and bystander Edy Gutierrez Mejia, 29. Moreno was 38.
“I don’t have the words to express the pain I feel in my heart from losing my love Eliana this way,” Barrientos said.
Moreno died as a result of blunt force trauma, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. Thermal injuries and inhalation of products of combustion also played a role in her death, per the medical examiner…