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NBC reporter Eliana Moreno’s brother calls out scammers trying to profit off her helicopter crash death

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Bradford, C. (2026, September 17). NBC reporter Eliana Moreno’s brother calls out scammers trying to profit off her helicopter crash death. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/17/us-news/nbc-reporter-eliana-morenos-brother-calls-out-scammers-trying-to-profit-off-her-helicopter-crash-death/

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Johan Moreno, brother of NBC reporter Eliana Moreno who died in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles on Tuesday, issued an X post warning against unauthorized fundraisers seeking to profit from her death. He stated that any online donation pages are not endorsed by his family and thanked supporters for their well wishes. The article also highlights the outpouring of tributes for Moreno, including a makeshift memorial at Whiteman Airport where she often took off in her helicopter.

Written by AI on 2026-09-17, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On Tuesday evening, a news helicopter providing aerial coverage for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 in Los Angeles crashed, resulting in three deaths including reporter Eliana Moreno, pilot George Marciniw, and pedestrian Edy Gutierrez Mejia. The helicopter was covering the scene of an earlier fatal bus crash involving an SUV, which killed two people and injured several others. Witnesses reported seeing the helicopter explode upon impact; it had been providing live coverage between 5pm and 7pm local time, when it went down in the Chatsworth area of San Fernando Valley. NBC4 confirmed that Moreno and Marciniw were colleagues who had worked together since 2023, flying "hundreds of hours" during their tenure. The helicopter model involved, a Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Ecureuil, has been linked to at least six fatal accidents this year globally.

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The grief-stricken brother of NBC reporter Eliana Moreno has called out scammers he claims are trying to profit off his siblings’ death by creating unauthorized fundraisers. uncertain

he → stricken → fundraisers

Johan Moreno, of Brooklyn, issued the blistering rebuke in an X post Wednesday night – one day after Eliana Moreno was among three people who were killed when the NBC helicopter crashed in Los Angeles. asserted

helicopter → issue → Angeles

“At this time, our family and her fiancé are not collecting monetary donations,” he wrote. asserted

he → collect → donations

“Any online donation pages are not endorsed by our family. asserted

pages → endorse → family

Johan Moreno, a writer, shared a throwback picture of his sister working inside NewsChopper 4 – the doomed Eurocopter AS350 that crashed in Chatsworth on Tuesday. asserted

that → share → Tuesday

“RIP sis, I will love you to the end of time,” he said. asserted

he → love → time

“My family and I just went through the worst day of our lives. asserted

family → go → lives

We appreciate all the support and love.” asserted

We → appreciate → support

Tributes have poured in for Moreno, 38, after it was confirmed she was on the helicopter when it crashed while covering a deadly bus collision in Chatsworth. Mourners have laid flowers at a makeshift memorial at Whiteman Airport in Pacoima – the site where the NewsChopper 4 would fly out from. asserted

NewsChopper → pour → where

“She was just so wildly good at what she did,” LA aerial photographer Jake Asner, the memorial’s creator, told the Los Angeles Daily News. asserted

Asner → tell → News

“She had the scanners on, she was talking to … assignment desks … and controlling the camera. …. asserted

she → have → camera

She did it like it was a piece of cake.” asserted

it → do → cake

He believed the airport was the best place for a memorial because it was a place “she loved.” asserted

she → believe → memorial

Jonathan Gonzalez, an NBC Los Angeles reporter, said Moreno was “damn good” at what she did, describing her as “one of a kind,” according to NBC News. uncertain

she → say → News

Moreno and the copter’s pilot, George Marciniw, were killed while reporting on a bus collision– as was Guatemalan national Edy Gutierrez Mejia, 29, who was on the ground. asserted

who → kill → ground

The cause of the crash is still being investigated and the National Transportation Safety Board expects to release a preliminary report within 30 days. asserted

Board → investigate → days

Investigators will seek surveillance video from nearby buildings and review the helicopter’s logbooks as part of their probe. The helicopter’s charred wreckage is also being examined and will be moved to a secure facility for further investigation. asserted

wreckage → seek → investigation

The final report could take as long as 18 months to be published, but Fabian Salazar, the NTSB investigator-in-charge, said the livestream video documenting the copter’s final moments is “probably the most important evidence.” uncertain

video → take → moments

NBC reporter Eliana Moreno’s brother calls out scammers trying to profit off her helicopter crash death

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