HEATHER:..BREAKING NEWS
TONIGHT AT 6: THE TRAGIC DEATH
OF AN NBA LEGEND.FORMER LOS
ANGELES LAKER KOBE BRYANT AND
HIS 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ARE
AMONG 9 PEOPLE KILLED IN A
HELICOPTER
CRASH.:..MINUTES AGO --
AUTHORITIES UPDATED THE DEATH
TOLL FROM INITIAL REPORTS OF
FIVE VICTIMS NOW CONFIRMING
THAT NINE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED.AUTHORITIES SAY THE
CRASH HAPPENED THIS MORNING
JUST OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES
AND THAT THERE WERE NO
SURVIVORS.
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LEON:..
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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.I'M LEON
HENDRIXHEATHER:..AND I'M
HEATHER WALKER. IT IS SHOCKING
AND SAD. PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
WORLD REACTING TO BRYANT'S
DEATH TONIGHT.WE BEGIN OUR
COVERAGE WITH NBC'S DAN
SCHENEMAN.
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IT WAS ABOUT 10 A-M LOCAL TIME
WHEN WITNESSES SAW A
HELICOPTER THAT APPEARED TO BE
IN TROUBLE.....(SOT)"I SEE WAS
VERY LOW AND STRUGGLING THE
ENGINE...THE TAIL WAS NOT
REALLY RUNNING"LATER THE NEWS
WAS CONFIRMED...A BASKETBALL
LEGEND WAS ON BOARD.(5PM
NEWSER SOT?)""BRYANT, HIS 13
YEAR OLD DAUGHTER...WERE BOTH
ON BOARD.....THEY WERE
TRAVELING TO A BASKETBALL GAME
AT BRYANT'S MAMBA SPORTS
ACADEMY.(VOICE OF MIKE TIRICO)
"THIS WILL ONLY DEVASTATE ALL
THE BASKETBALL COMMUNITY AND
ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE SPORTS
BECAUSE KOBE BRYANT TRULY ONE
OF THE GREAT SPORTSMEN OF OUR
GENERATION"FANS BEGAN TO
GATHER NEAR THE SCENE OF THE
CRASH.......(FAN)"JUST
DISBELIEF IT'S KOBE
INVINCIBLE."(FAN)"I'M JUST
NUMB RIGHT NOW CAN'T FIND
WORDS RIGHT NOW "BRYANT WAS AN
18 TIME NBA ALL STAR...AND WON
FIVE NBA TITLES.... DURING 20
SEASONS WITH THE L-A LAKERS.
KOBE BRYANT....WAS 41 YEARS
OLD.DAN SCHENEMAN NBC NEWS.(--
ANCHOR TAG --)
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(-- ANCHOR TAG --)
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LEON:..THOSE TOUCHED BY KOBE'S
GAME ARE REMEMBERING HIM NOW
BY DOING WHAT HE DID BEST.
PLAYING BASKETBALL.
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HEATHER:..WE'RE JOINED THIS
EVENING BY NEWS 8'S JUSTIN
KOLLAR WHO JOINS US FROM CEDAR
SPRINGS WHERE FANS HAVE
ORGANIZED A PICKUP GAME TO
HONOR KOBE'S LEGACY.
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JUSTINHEATHER AND LEON GOOD
EVENING, IT'S ONE DO THOSE
MOMENTS THAT MAKES YOU PAUSE,
YOU'LL REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE
WHEN YOU HEARD THE NEWS OF
KOBE'S PASSING... AN ATHLETE
WHO CHANGED THE GAME FOREVER.
HE INSPIRED MANY ALONG THE
WAY, WE'RE JOINED BY AUSTIN
ADAMS TONIGHT. AUSTIN YOU CALL
KOBE YOUR IDOL. TELL ME WHY?
KOBE'S STAR ROSE FAR ABOVE THE
BASKETBALL COURT, HE WAS
BIGGER THAN BASKETBALL, WHY
DID YOU THINK ORGANIZING A
GAME TONIGHT WOULD BE A
FITTING TRIBUTE?WHAT WILL YOU
TELL PLAYERS WHO JOIN YOU
TONIGHT? THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US THIS EVENING AUSTIN...
HEATHER AND LEON WE ARE STILL
LEARNING MORE FROM OUR
CALIFORNIA AFFILIATES THIS
EVENING AS THIS IS CERTAINLY A
DEVELOPING SITUATION. BE SURE
TO STAY WITH US ON AIR AND
ONLINE AT WOODTV DOT COM. AND
ONLINE AT WITH US ON AIR AND
ONLINE AT WOODTV DOT COM. IN
CEDAR SPRINGS THIS EVENING,
JKO, NEWS 8.
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:..OUR AFFILIATE KTLA IN LOS
ANGELES IS PROVIDING
CONTINUING COVERAGE OF KOBE
BRYANT'S DEATH.YOU CAN LIVE
STREAM THEIR COVERAGE IN THIS
STORY ON OUR WEBSITE,
WOODTV.COM.
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HEATHER:..AND NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
WILL CONTINUING OUR ONAIR
COVERAGE OF KOBE BRYANT COMING
UP AT 6:30.WE'LL BRING YOU
THAT COVERAGE DURING THIS
NEWSCAST. JOE AULISIO WILL
HAVE MORE ABOUT KOBE BRYANT,
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES IN
SPORTS.
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