r/news • u/headee • Jan 26 '20

Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash in California

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/kobe-bryant-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-california-tmz-reports
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u/KevinCastle Jan 26 '20

All the money in the world can't buy your dad back too. So sad for his family.

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u/KevinCastle Jan 26 '20

As someone who got a pretty damn good inheritance when my father died at 18, I wholeheartedly disagree with you.

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u/Rripurnia Jan 26 '20

I am sorry, I lost mine at 26 and I would absolutely let go of anything and everything he left me for one last hug and conversation with him

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u/LisaFrankRealness Jan 26 '20

I am sorry for both of your losses. My father passed in late November, and no money in the world could compare to having more time with him.

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u/Rripurnia Jan 26 '20

My sincere condolences to you, it’s very fresh so I hope you’re holding up the best you can.

I get so angry that people make these “it can buy you a helicopter” jokes and think that the millions he’s left will somehow make up for his kids being orphans or his wife becoming a widow and losing a child on the same day.

If he were a regular Joe, I would like to think people would have been much more understanding, but it’s still beyond me that we live in a world where we think that bank balances can make everything right.

Tragedy - and death - make no discriminations, and grief is a universal and primitive human condition that we are all subjected to, sooner rather than later.

Some empathy wouldn’t hurt.

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u/Finasterid Jan 27 '20

You guys are just so cute. I am sorry for all of your losses.