India, Sept. 16 -- For years, Eliana Moreno was the familiar face and voice viewers saw from above Los Angeles as she reported on police pursuits, fires, traffic accidents and breaking news. On Tuesday evening, that aerial reporting career ended in tragedy when the NewsChopper4 helicopter she was aboard crashed in Chatsworth while covering another deadly accident. Moreno, 38, and pilot George Marciniw died in the crash, along with a person on the ground.

The tragedy has since brought renewed attention to Moreno's career, her work as an aerial photojournalist and her life away from the helicopter. One detail that has emerged is that Moreno had become engaged to Robert Barrientos less than a year before the crash. She publicly announced th...