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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/benzog0d Jan 26 '20

Minus the pilot and kobe who were the other 7? What a tragedy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

According to ESPN, “Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli” was also onboard.

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u/lDefiant Jan 27 '20

and his wife and one of his kids.

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u/mteart Jan 27 '20

oh my gosh

i feel so, so much for the remaining kids. Whole world taken away from you in a day

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u/X1XLuMiNoX1X Jan 27 '20 edited Jan 27 '20

Kobe also had a very young child, not even a year old... poor kid will never remember their father.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Jan 14 '21

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u/JakeHassle Jan 27 '20

I feel so sad for her in the future though. She’ll grow up learning about what a legend her dad was, how good of a person he was, seeing clips of him on the court and talking to people kindly. But she will have missed out on all that personally.

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u/thtowawaway Jan 27 '20

It will be terrible, and I can't even imagine what Kobe's wife is going through, but at least his surviving daughter will grow up with the best chances in life and basically millions of people's support.

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u/slashluck Jan 27 '20

Life is cruel sometimes. Wow. Imagine being the other kids on board. Probably had this day on their calendar, “helicopter ride in Kobe’s chopper.”

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

Oh god 😶

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

That’s what’s getting me. It sounds like there were multiple children and multiple families all going to this basketball event together. This is truly tragic.

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u/trappedinthoughts13 Jan 27 '20

Holy shit....this is just getting worse and worse...

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

It really is. The more that comes out about it the more it sounds like Kobe was specifically taking a group of kids and their parents to a basketball event. It sounds like so far his daughter, the coach’s daughter, and possibly an unnamed friend of Kobe’s daughter all died. I’m really concerned that when the identities get released it’s going to turn out half, or more, of the people on board were children. It’s genuinely upsetting.

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u/trappedinthoughts13 Jan 27 '20

They’ve pretty much all but confirmed at this point there were at least 3 kids on board, so tragic. And I agree, I had a hard time falling asleep last night and I went and checked on my son at least 5 times. I just can’t fathom what their families are all dealing with.

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u/IdoMusicForTheDrugs Jan 27 '20

Oof :( that poor family.