The names of news helicopter pilot George Marciniw and reporter Eliana Moreno will be part of a Washington, D.C. memorial honoring journalists who died while reporting news. Former Congressman David Dreier,

On Wednesday, Sept. 16, the aspiring aerial reporter paid his respects to “the best pilot and the funniest guy,” as a tight-knit community of news pilots and reporters, along with the Ukrainian Catholic Church family mourned Marciniw’s death.

News reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw died in the crash, the station announced at the top of its 11 p.m. broadcast.

The family of KNBC reporter Eliana Moreno, who died in a helicopter crash alongside her pilot, George Marciniw, is speaking out. The family issued a statement shared by Moreno’s brother, Johan Moreno,