+@
LITTLE
LITTLE BIT OF A BACKUP SO GIVE YOURSELF A LITTLE EXTRA TIME
THIS MOR+@NING.
THIS MOR+@NING.
>>>
>>> WELL
>>> WELL HE IS RETOWARDED AS ONE OF THE BEST BASKETBALL
PLAYERS OF ALL TIME.
HE HAD A LARGER THAN+@ LIFE
PERSO+@NALITY AND TRIBUTES ARE
POURING IN ACROSS THE WORLD FOR
KOBE BRYANT.
KOBE BRYANT. >> KOBE AND HIS 13-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER GIANNA AND SEVEN
OTHERS DIED IN A HELICOPTER
CRASH IN CALIFORNIA.
HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO COACH HIS
DAUGHTER'S GAME.
DAUGHTER'S GAME. >> WE'RE GETTING OVER TO HANNAH
DAVIS WITH REACTION AND THE
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. THERE IS SO MUCH TO SORT
THROUGH.
THROUGH.
THROUGH. I KNOW JUST ON TWITTER ALONE.
>> YES, IT IS REALLY HARD TO
KEEP UP THIS MORNING, BUT ONE
THING I KEEP SEEING OVER AND
OVER IS THIS VIDEO TAKEN WEEKS
AGO KOBE EXPLAINING THE GA+@ME
THAT HE LOVED THAT BROUGHT HI+@
SO MUCH TO HIS DAUGHTER,
UNFORTUNATELY KNEW THESE TWO
HAVE PASSED AWAY IN THAT
HELICOPTER CRASH.
HELICOPTER CRASH. ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS
THOUGH, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY.
WE KNOW THAT THE HELICOPTER
CRASHED JUST BEFORE 10:00 A.M.
IN CALABASAS, CALIFORNIA.
+@ THE FLIGHT WAS ONLY SUPPOSE
TODAY BE LESS THAN 30 MINUTES,
BUT MORE THAN 45 MINUTES INTO
THE TRIP, WITNESSES REPORTED
SEEING SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE
HELICOPTER.
HELICOPTER. THEY COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS
OFF.
OFF.
OFF. TAKE
OFF. TAKE A LISTEN.
>> A HELICOPTER JUST FLYING WAY
TOO LOW AND I HEARD LIKE
ALLOWED DUD NOISE.
>> WE COULD SEE IT HIT AT A
VERY HIGH SPEED.
IT WAS NOT CONTROLLED.
THERE WAS NO ATT+@EMPT TO LAND.
WHATEVER HAPPENED HERE WAS
CATASTROPHIC AND HAPPENED IN
THE LAST 15 SECONDS.
>> ONE+@ FACTOR THEY ARE LOOKIN
INTO IS THE VISIBILITY THAT
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. REPORTS HAVE COME IN THE LAPD
GROUNDED ALL THEIR POLICE
HELICOPTERS JUST BEFORE THIS
CRASH BECAUSE THE FOG WAS SO
THICK.
THICK.
THICK. THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE AN AREA
OF INVESTIGATION AS THEY LOOK
INTO THIS, BUT IT IS TOO EARLY
TO TELL ANY CLEAR ANSWERS HERE.
THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
+@ AGAIN, REALLY THE FOCUS HAS
BEEN ON THE CAREER AND KOBE AS
+@
+@ A
+@ A FATHER.
A FATHER.
A FATHER. THIS PHOTO STU+@CK OUT.
I GOT CHILLS.
HIS DAUGHTER WHO SO CLEARLY
IDOLIZED HER FATHER AND SO MANY
PEOPLE DID INCLUDING SOME OF
THE GREATEST BAS+@KETBALL PLAYE
PLAYING TODAY.
PLAYING TODAY. KOBE+@'S CAREER AND INFLUENCE I
THE GAME AND HIS INFLUENCE AS A
+@FAMILY MAN, JONAH.
>> Reporter: IT IS ONE OF THOSE
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. I
DAYS. I CAN'T KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY
TIMES I HAVE JUST HAD THIS DEEP
BREATH, THIS DEEP SIGH.
AS A CHILD THERE ARE CERTAIN
ATHLETES WHO SHAPE YOUR LOVE,
ADMIRATION AND APPRECIATION FOR
THE GAME.
THE GAME.
THE GAME. THEY ARE FOREV+@ER INGRAINED IN
WHO YOU ARE AND FOR MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND RACES,
FROM CHINA TO CALIFORNIA, KOBE
BRYANT WAS ONE OF THOSE
ATHLETES.
ATHLETES.
ATHLETES. THE LAST 24 HOURS HAS PRODUCED
COUNT LESS PERSONAL STORIES
ABOUT NU+@MBER 24.
THOSE WHO KNEW KOBE WELL AND
THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW KOBE AT
ALL.
ALL.
ALL. PERHAPS THAT IS WHY HIS DEATH
HAS HIT SO HARD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW SOMEONE
PERSONALLY OR DEEPLY TO FEEL
DEEPLY IMPACTED BY THAT PERSON.
AMONG THOSE TO HONOR KOBE,
MAV'S LEGEND DIRK LA VITT SKI +@
SAID THIS DURING TWITTER.
THIS IS HITTING ME REALLY HARD.
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND
LOVED.
LOVED.
LOVED. REST IN PEACE WITH YOUR ANGEL
GIGI.
GIGI.
GIGI. >>
GIGI. >> HE K PRESSED HIS SADNESS +@A
+@DISBELIEF SHARING PHOTOS OF H
AND HIS DAUGHTER GIANNA.
AND ATHLETE AS ROUND THE WORLD
PAID TRIBUTE TO NA MAR HOLDING
UP 2-4 WITH HIS FINGERS AFTER
SCORING A GOA+@L YESTERDAY.
>> BUT KOBE'S GREATEST
ACCO+@MPLISHMENT WAS BEING A
FATHER.
FATHER.
FATHER. HE WAS THAT DAD BRINGING HIS
CHILDREN TO THEIR GAMES,
+@
+@ HELPING THEM, GUIDING THEM,
REVELING IN THEIR DREAMS AND
THEIR SUCCESS.
THEIR SUCCESS. AND THE JOY IN+@ HIS FACE WHEN
TALKED ABOUT THEM, THAT MAKES
IT SO DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. HE
HIM. HE AND HIS DAUGHTER DIED IN
ROUTE TO ONE OF HER GAMES+@.
>> IT IS GETTING.
>> AS A CHILD THERE ARE CERTAIN
ATHLETES THAT SHAPE YOUR LOVE,
ADMIRATION AND THEY ARE FOREVER
EN GRADE IN WHO THEY ARE.
KOBE BRYANT WAS ONE OF THEM FOR
ME AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE.
>>> JONAH, I KNOW THERE IS SO
MU+@CH TO LEARN ABOUT THIS, THE
MU+@CH TO LEARN ABOUT THIS, THE@ CRASH AND INVESTIGATION AND
OTHER SUR+@VIVORS ON THE
HELICOPTER BUT I FOLLOW YOU ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOCIAL MEDIA. I SAW YOU POST SOME PURPLE AND
YELLOW ROSES AND YOU SAID TO
YOU, YOU GREW UP WATCHING KOBE
BRYANT SO THIS IS A HARD HIT
FOR YOU, AS WELL.
>> YES, AND FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE, BECAUSE KOBE TAKEN SO
SOON AT AGE 41.
HIGGS ROOKIE YEAR IN THE NBA
WAS MY YEAR WATCHING
BASKETBALL.
BASKETBALL. I WAS A KID.
I EXPERIENCED THE WHOLE KOBE
BRYANT EXPERIENCE IN THE NBA.
YOU DON'T EXPECT THESE HEROES
ON THE HARDWOOD TO BE TAKEN SO
SOON.
SOON.
SOON. >>
SOON. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE
MAVS REFIRING NUMBER+@ 24?
>> HE HAD NICE WORDS TO SHARE
ON ESPN YESTERDAY.
HE SAID SOMETHING THAT REALLY
LEVELED ME.
LEVELED ME. +@ WE'LL NEVER