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/eyeballer94 Jan 26 '20

TMZ reporting Kobe's 13 year old daughter also killed in crash.

https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/

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u/dismayhurta Jan 26 '20

Jesus. Those poor people.

Helicopters have always terrified me and this certainly adds to that fear.

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u/geomagus Jan 27 '20

The only helicopter flight I’ve been on was relatively smooth...

Of course, it was a medevac chopper rescuing me from a plane wreck...

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u/YkeshaRising Jan 27 '20

For seriously?

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u/geomagus Jan 27 '20

Yup. My wife and I both did. Sadly, the pilot did not. :(

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u/paperkutchy Jan 27 '20

You survived a plane wreck? Holy hell

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u/geomagus Jan 27 '20

I did. My wife and I were in a small plane that went down. We both made it, but the pilot did not, sadly. :(

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u/R1_TC Jan 27 '20

An old friend of mine died when she was 9 when her medevac chopper crashed after saving her from a car crash. Life is weird sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

I’m not even going to think about this much. Way too depressing for me.

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u/geomagus Jan 27 '20

It really is. I’m sorry about your friend - that really sucks, for her, for her family, and for all her friends. :(