OT: Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash [merged thread]

[bluedevil]

Kobe may have indeed been the pilot....has flown alone many times according to CNN

 

[Lucelab113]

TMZ reporting Gigi was also killed - on their way to Mamba Academy for basketball practice. Very sad,

My God. This is so awful.

 

[HuskyGal3]

Just heard a news report that his oldest daughter was possibly onboard as well. This hasn’t been confirmed yet.
Such devastating news...

 

[Zanzman]

Watching cnn now nothing reported about anyone besides Kobe

 

[oldude]

Terrible. Just terrible. Hopefully the earlier report of Kobe’s daughters being onboard were erroneous. Nevertheless, it is a tragedy for whom ever was onboard.

Last night Kobe tweets out his warm congratulations to Lebron for passing him on the all time scoring list and today he’s gone. Don’t know what to say about all of this.

 

[mbr33ct]

Wow, this is so sad. RIP to all.

 

[Zanzman]

ESPN just reported Gianna a teammate and one of her parent along with kobe

 

[Hayven]

ESPN now reporting Gianna was on board, as well as another player and parent of their travel team

 

[Kaizen]

Shock, so shock. Very sad news
RIP Kobe.
We have very big fog this morning. We cannot see the mountain along highway 210.

 

[GG]

RIP Kobe, Gianna and all others on board.

 

[choochoo]

Kobe Bryant & Daughter Die in Helicopter Crash, 3 Bodies Recovered

Kobe Bryant has died. His daughter was also on board and passed away.

www.tmz.com

Absolutely horrible news for someone who has been a huge supporter of our program. Feel horrible for his young daughter.

just reported his daughter was on the helo with him traveling to a basketball game with a team mate and parent!

 

[cbraarj]

His daughter Gianni died.

 

[01Neaggrad02]

Sad to hear about the loss of all five lives. Kobe was and will always be a Giant... The loss of his daughter is extremely hard to hear as well. Sounds like she was developing into an amazing player. Sorry to the family... and the other family who was traveling with them.

 

[YSRFrisbee]

I can only hope that the families of everyone lost today will be surrounded by love and support. What a terrible tragedy.

 

[Littlemin]

Words are inadequate, perspective impossible, for those that are not no insult intended, but I am a praying man and my prayers go out to the surviving families and loved ones.

 

[DaddyChoc]

 

[DaddyChoc]

 

[tjhusky]

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No words.

 

[Jingo]

Terrible. Kobe and my daughter were born a month apart and we knew each other from AAU hoops where boys and girls often played on adjacent courts. We traveled to Philly a lot in those days and he was already famous. I believe he attended Lower Merion at the time while my daughter attended Christ the King. So sad. Even sadder because his daughter was probably the same age as my daughter when my daughter and Kobe crossed paths in the early 90s.

 

[Scud49]

Horrid, just horrid. Terrible tragedy, big tears right now, can barely type.

 

[Blueballer]

Such sad news. RIP to all who passed and condolences to their families.

 

[Argonaut]

 

[ABCDFE]

Wow. Shocked. Just super sad news today and to see his GiGi with him makes this so heartbreaking. Prayers go out to his family.

 

[HuskyNan]

Where did the first thread go?

Variety is saying it has been confirmed...

Kobe Bryant Dies in Helicopter Crash

Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar and future NBA Hall of Famer, died on Sunday in a helicopter crash.

variety.com

All threads on this terrible tragedy have been merged

 

[Argonaut]

All threads on this terrible tragedy have been merged

There was an initial thread that completely disappeared — maybe as everything was getting merged. Not a big deal, just thought it was strange.