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Helicopter news wasn t always the centerpiece of local TV news coverage that it s been in recent decades. The new documentary
Whirlybird follows helicopter reporter Zoey Tur and her then-wife Marika Gerrard s work covering breaking news across the city most notably as a helicopter pilot while also telling the complex story of their relationship.
They ran a freelance news company, the Los Angeles News Service. The couple filmed historic events, including the 1992 beating of Reginald Denny during the unrest following the acquittal of the police officers who beat Rodney King, and the famed O.J. Simpson white Bronco chase in 1994.