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MINNESOTA.
INVESTIGATORS IN CALIFORNIA
ARE WORKING TO FIND OUT WHAT
CAUSED THE HELICOPTER CRASH
THAT KILLED KOBE BRYANT AND 8
OTHERS, INCLUDING HIS 13-YEAR-
OLD DAUGHTER GIANNA.
THE CRASH UNLEASHED AN
OUTPOURING OF GRIEF OF PEOPLE
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
THE WORLD.
HE THEN THE OF SPENT HIS ENTIRE
CAREER WITH THE LOS ANGELES
LAKERS.
Reporter: INVESTIGATORS ARE
COMBING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF
SUNDAY'S HELICOPTER CRASH THAT
KILLED KOBE BRYANT, HIS
DAUGHTER GIANNA AND 7 OTHERS.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ANY CLUES
THAT COULD EXPLAIN WHY THE
CHOPPER SLAMMED INTO A HILLSIDE
IN FOGGY WEATHER.
WHEN I HEARD THE IMPACT, I
KNEW THEY WENT TO THE SIDE OF
THE MOUNTAIN.
Reporter: HE WAS GOING TO
THE BASKETBALL ACADEMY IN
THOUSAND OAKS.
OTHER PEOPLE THAT DIED IN THE
CRASH WAS JOHN ALTOBELLI, HIS
WIFE KERI AND DAUGHTER ALYSSA,
CHRISTIAN MAUSER, SARAH
CHESTER, PAYTON CHESTER, ARA
ZOBAYAN.
THE PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH
THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
JUST BEFORE THE CRASH.
BUT THERE IS NO SIGN THAT HE
MADE A DISTRESS CALL.
DETACH AUDIO CAPTURED THE
MOMENTS BEFORE THE CRASH.
YOU'RE STILL TOO LOW LEVEL
AT THIS TIME T.
Reporter: THE PILOT WAS
INSTRUMENT RATED, MEANING HE
WAS QUALIFIED TO FLY IN THE
WORST CONDITIONS.
OUTPOURING.
MAKE IT SHIFT MEMORIALS ARE
GROWING AT THE STAPLES CENTER
WHERE HE PLAYED HIS CAREER WITH
THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS BEFORE
RETIRING IN 2016.
KOBE BRYANT WAS THE FIRST
ROUND NBA PICK WHEN HE WAS 17
YEARS OLD.
HE LAUNCHED A 20 YEAR CAREER
WITH THE LAKERS.
WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE
COLLEGE OR NBA?
I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE NOT MADE UP MY MIND YET.
HE EARNED FIVE NBA TITLES
AND WON TWO OLYMPIC GOLD
MEDALS.
HIS ON COURT SUCCESS MADE HIM A
CELEBRITY.
HE WAS ACCUSED OF RAPE IN
COLORADO.
THE CHARGES WERE DISMISSED WHEN
THE 19-YEAR-OLD REFUSED TO
TESTIFY.
HE APOLOGIZED AND BELIEVED THAT
THEIR ENCOUNTER WAS CONSENTUAL.
MESSAGES SHALL POURING IN
FROM CELEBRITY ATHLETES THAT
SPENT YEARS CHEERING FOR THE
LAKER.
THEY ARE ALSO HONORING BRYANT
WITH THIS COVER.
THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
WILL PLAY A GAME TONIGHT.
WE LOOK AT HOW THE TEAM PLANS
TO HONOR KOBE.
Reporter: THEY ARE ALREADY
HONORED HIM ON THE MARQUE HERE
AND THE KEY WAY.
YOU SEE A PICTURE OF HIM AND
HIS DAUGHTER GIANNA.
THE PEOPLE MEMORIALS WILL BE
THROUGH THE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF STATISTICS
AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF KOBE
BRYANT.
WE'LL BE REMEMBERED FOR WHO HE
WAS AND WHAT HE REPRESENTED.
THE TIMBERWOLVES SHOOTER SHOT
AROUND AS IT WAS THROUGHOUT THE
NBA, THE PLAYERS AND THE
COACHES WERE STILL NUMB AND
STILL PROCESSING.
IT'S BEEN -- IT'S ONE OF
THOSE THINGS AND ONE OF THOSE
MOMENTS THAT YOU ALWAYS
REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE WHEN YOU
NEWS LIKE THAT HITS.
THAT IS THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT
HE'S DONE FOR THE GAME OF
BASKETBALL.
THE DEPTH OF THIS LOSS ARE
INCREDIBLE.
Reporter: NOW, THE COACH FOR
THE SACRAMENTO KINGS IS LUKE
WALTON.
HE IS A FORMER TEAMMATE OF KOBE
BRYANT.
WE'LL GET HIS THOUGHTS WHAT
KOBE BRYANT MEANT TO HIS LIFE
COMING UP AT 6.
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FOR THE CONTINUING COVERAGE.