Over 26 years before Tuesday’s fatal crash of an NBC Los Angeles news helicopter, NBC6 suffered a similar tragedy in South Florida.
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It was the afternoon of March 3, 2000, when NBC6 photojournalist Rob Pierce and pilot Ruben Rivero were killed in a crash in southwest Miami-Dade.
Pierce, who’d won multiple awards for his work covering hurricanes and breaking news, was just 34. Rivero was 42.
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Tuesday’s crash claimed the lives of reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw, as well as a person on the ground.
The helicopter providing coverage for NBC LA and Telemundo 52, NewsChopper 4, was owned and operated by Angel City Air.
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