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>>> A TRAGEDY HAS FALLEN TO WORLD OF BASKETBALL.
TODAY AT THE AGE OF 41, KOBE
BRYANT WAS KILLED IN A
HELICOPTER CRASH.
HELICOPTER CRASH. >> DISBELIEF, AND KOBE4@ IS NOT
JUST A PERSON, HE4@ IS A
GENERATION.
GENERATION. HE IS IRREPLACEABLE.4@
>>> THE WORLD IN SHOCK AND
SORROW, REACTING TO ONE OF THE
GREATEST ATHLETES OF TIME, KOBE
NIGHT, TONIGHT WE ARE
REMEMBERING THE LEGACY OF A
LEGEND. 4@
LEGEND. 4@ ♪4@4@ THE ATLANTA SKYLINE CARRI
A SOMBER FEELING TONIGHT AT THE
MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM, 4@
ILLUMINATED IN PURPLE AND 4@GOL
IN HONOR OF LAKERS LEGEND KOBE
BRYANT.
BRYANT.
BRYANT. GOOD EVENING, WE HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING AVERY DETAIL OF KOBE
BRYANT'S DEATH AT WE LEARN THE
SHOCKING DEATH THIS AFTERNOON.
THE LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT IS HOLDING A PRESS
CONFERENCE WITH THE UPDATE,
LET'S LISTEN IN ON THAT NOW.
>> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE
LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE INNOCENCE
BECAUSE THE CRASH SITE ITSELF
IS NOT USUALLY ACCESSIBLE.
HOWEVER, WE ARE NOW FACED WITH
I GUESS, WELL-WISHERS AND
PEOPLE MORNING WHO HAVE
DESCENDED ON THE AREA ON THE
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AND EVEN
THE CRASH SITE ITSELF.
AND WE HAVE TO REITER4@ATE IT I
OFF LIMITS 4@TO EVERYBODY EXCEP
THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND
INVESTIGATORS.
INVESTIGATORS. SO, WE NOW HAVE PERSONNEL
DEPLOYED4@ TO GET PEOPLE AWAY
FROM THERE AND THEY CANNOT
ACCESS THE CRASH SITE, IT IS IN
SOME VERY ROUGH TERRAIN, EVEN
IN THE DAYLIGHT4@, MUCH LESS IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY
THE LOCATION ITSELF IS IN A
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. 4@
AND THERE ARE NO BUSINESSES, 4@
AND WE WANT TO HAVE THE ROADS
RE-FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND
INVESTIGATORS.
INVESTIGATORS. 4@IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN
IDENTIFICATI4@ON 4@ESTABLISHING
IDENTIFICATI4@ON 4@ESTABLISHING AS A LOCAL RESIDENT, YOU WILL
NOT BE PERMITTED ACCESS TO THE
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. AND
AREA. AND THERE ARE ROAD CLOSURES IN
EFFECT RIGHT NOW.4@
OKAY, THOSE ROAD CLOSURES4@ ARE
GOING TO BE, IT IS GOING TO BE,
LOVE BEARS IN HIS ROAD BETWEEN
AGOURA ROAD4@ARE CLOSED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE. ADDITIONALLY
THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND EXITS
TO THE 101 FREEWAY IS CLOSED
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.4@
AGAIN, FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO ARE IN THE AREA THAT WANT
TO GO THERE IS A LOCATION IN AT
THE END OF THE PARK IF THEY
WANT TO GO THERE TO EXPRESS
THEIR CONDOLENCES AND SUPPORT
FOR COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME OF
TRAGEDY.
TRAGEDY.
TRAGEDY. THAT IS THE PLACE TO GO TO THE
END OF THE PARK.
I WANT TO THANK THE CORNERS 4@
OFFICER WHO IS NOW HERE YOU
WILL HEAR FROM OUR CHIE4@F
MEDICAL OFFICE, DOCTOR JONATH4@
WILL HEAR FROM OUR CHIE4@F MEDICAL OFFICE, DOCTOR JONATH4@@
LEWIS LUCAS, AND WE HAVE A PHD
ASSOCIATE ASSISTING4@ WITH THE
ROAD CLOSURES AND THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT IS ALSO ASSISTING.
IN ADDITION THE SANTA MONICA
CONSERVATORY4@ MOUNTAIN PARK
ASSISTANCE OR LARGE GROUP OF
PEOPLE WILL BE DEPLOYED
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TO SECURE
THE AREA.
THE AREA.
THE AREA. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, IF
YOU ARE NOT A LOCAL RESIDENT,
PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA.
SO NOW, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
DOCTOR LUCAS.
DOCTOR LUCAS. >>4@ GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS
DOCTOR JONATHAN LUCAS ON THE
CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER FOR 4@TH
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
FIRST AND FOREMOST I JUST WANT
TO OFFER OUR THOUGHTS AND
CONDOLENCES TO ALL THE FAMILIES
OF THOSE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES
IN THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT.
TODAY4@, OUR DEPARTMENT HAD
MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF OUR SPECIAL
OPERATIONS RESPONSE TEAM THAT
WERE ON4@ SITE. OUR RECOVERY
EFFORT4@S BEGAN TODAY, BUT AS T
SHERIFF 4@MENTIONED, GIVEN THE
TERRAIN AND THE CONDITION OF
THE SITE, WE EXPECT THAT4@ THIS
WILL PROBABLY TAKE AT LEAST A
COUPLE IF NOT A FEW DAYS TO
COMPLETE THE RECOVERY.
OUR PRIORITY IS TO COMPLETE THE
RECOVERY AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE, BUT SAFELY AND
THOROUGHLY, AND DOING THAT, TO
MAKE SURE OUR STAFF 4@ARE SAFE.
OUR NEXT 4@PRIORITY AFTER
RECOVE4@RY IS IDENTIFICATION, A
NOTIFICATION OF THE FAMILIES.
4@ ALL OF WHICH WE WILL DO AS SOON
AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
I WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANKS TO
THE SHERIFF'S AND HIS DEPARTMENT
WHO HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL
TO OUR DEPARTMENT AT THIS
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. AND I 4@KNOW THEY WILL BE GOING
FORWARD. I ALSO WANT TO
EMPHASIZE WE WILL BE DOING OUR
WORK THOROUGHLY, QUICKLY AND
WITH THE UTMOST COMPASSION.
SO AGAIN,4@ WE OFFER OUR 4@
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES AT
THIS POINT4@, AND I JUST WANT T
REASSURE EVERYBODY WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CONFIRM
IDENTIFICATIONS AND GIVE
CLOSURE TO THE FAMILIES
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> THAT WAS 4@MEMBERS OF THE LO
ANGELES SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AS
WELL AS THE CORNERS OFFICE
GIVING US A CRASH ON4@ THAT TOO
THE LIFE OF 41-YEAR-OLD KOBE
BRYANT.
BRYANT.
BRYANT. HERE'S WHAT THEY TOLD US,
MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE
RESPONSE TEAM RESPONDED TO THAT
SEEN ON THAT SITE.
IT IS REALLY ROUGH TERRAIN, SO
IT IS GOING TO TAKE A FE4@W DAY
IN ORDER TO MAKE A FULL
RECOVERY.
RECOVERY.
RECOVERY. AFTER RECOVERY, IDENTIFICATION
WILL BE MADE AND THEY WILL
NOTIFY THE FAMILIES OF THE
OTHER VICTIMS WHO WERE 4@INVOLV
IN THAT CRASH.
NBC NEWS HAS TOLD US THAT KOBE
BRYANT AS WELL AS HIS 13-YEAR-
OLD DAUGHTER DID DIE IN THAT
CRASH THERE WERE NINE PEOPLE