AT 11.
TONIGHT PEOPLE ARE HONORING
AND REMEMBERING RETIRED
BASKETBALL LEGEND KOBE BRYANT
GROWING UP WATCHING HIM PLAY.
I PLAYED THAT'S ABOUT BRYANT
ALONG WITH HIS 13 YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER AND 7 OTHERS DIED IN
THE HELICOPTER CRASH, THE
BASKETBALL STAR WAS 41 YEARS
OLD. GOOD EVENING, I'M MELANIE
MICHAEL I'M ROD CARTER. THANKS
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON THIS
SUNDAY NIGHT, THE SPORTS WORLD
LOST A LEGEND TODAY.
KOBY BRYANT, THE FORMER LOS
ANGELES LAKERS STAR WAS ONE OF
9 PEOPLE WHO DIED IN A
HELICOPTER CRASH IN CALIFORNIA
AND HIS 13 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
GIAN ALSO LOST HER LIFE IN
THAT CRASH OR NBC AFFILIATE IN
LOS ANGELES IS REPORTING THAT
JOHN AL ALL TO BELLY AND
BASEBALL COACH FROM ORANGE
COAST COLLEGE AND HIS WIFE
KERRY AS WELL AS HIS DAUGHTER
ALYSSA DIED IN THE CRASH AS
WELL WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE
NAMES OF THE OTHER 4 PEOPLE
WHO DIED IN THAT CRASH.
MEANWHILE TONIGHT PEOPLE
ACROSS THE NATION AND AROUND
THE WORLD ARE IN MOURNING.
IT WAS ABOUT 10:00AM LOCAL
TIME WHEN WITNESSES SAW A
HELICOPTER THAT APPEARED TO BE
IN TROUBLE AS HE NO ONE SAW
ENTITY THAT CAN SEE I MEAN 10
NOT THE VIDEO RUNNING LATER
THE NEWS WAS CONFIRMED A
BASKETBALL LEGEND WAS ON BOARD
THAT THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS.
WE HAVE A MANIFEST
INDICATES THERE WAS 9 PEOPLE
ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, THE
PILOT WAS 8 INDIVIDUALS KOBY
BRYANT AND HIS 13 YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER WERE ON BOARD WERE
TRAVELING TO A BASKETBALL GAME
THAT BRYANT'S MAMBA SPORTS
ACADEMY, THIS WILL ONLY
DEVASTATE A ALL THE BASKETBALL
COMMUNITY.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE
SPORTS BECAUSE KOBE BRYANT
TRULY WANT A GREAT SPORTSMAN
OF OUR GENERATION.
FANS BEGAN TO GATHER NEAR
THE SCENE OF THE CRASH JUST A
I'M JUST NUMB RIGHT NOW A K A.
WORDS ARE NOW KOBE BRYANT WAS
AN 18 TIME NBA ALL-STAR AND
WON 5 NBA TITLES DURING 20
SEASONS WITH THE LOS ANGELES
LAKERS.
KOBE BRYANT WAS 41 YEARS
OLD.
PLEASE JOIN US IN A MOMENT
OF SILENCE FOR KOBE BRYANT.
REST IN PEACE MOM BOMB.
IN THE 8 PLAYERS AND FANS
HONOR KOBE BRYANT TODAY IN
DENVER PEOPLE PAUSE FOR A
MOMENT OF SILENCE BEFORE THE
HOUSTON ROCKETS, DENVER
NUGGETS GAME. MANY OF THE
PLAYERS LOOK DOWN AND SIMPLY
SHOOK THEIR HEADS. IN
DISBELIEF AND IT'S CERTAINLY A
STUNNING NEWS TODAY, YOU KNOW
COULD BE COULD BE INDUCTED
INTO THE NAISMITH MEMORIAL
BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME THAT
TAKES PLACE IN SPRINGFIELD
MASSACHUSETTS LATER THIS YEAR.
HE IS AMONG SEVERAL
HIGH-PROFILE CANDIDATES,
INCLUDING TIM DUNCAN KEVIN
GARNETT AND CHRIS BOSH THE
INDUCTION CEREMONY TAKES PLACE
IN AUGUST AT THE STAPLE CENTER
THAT'S THE HOME OF THE LOS
ANGELES LAKERS FANS GATHER TO
HONOR THE BASKETBALL STAR. THE
CROWD WENT BACK AND FORTH
CHANTING MVP AND COBY A LARGE
SCREEN PROJECTED A BLACK AND
WHITE PHOTO OF COBY WITH THE
WORDS IN LOVING MEMORY.
I SEEN HIM IN OCTOBER.
WAITED FOR $2 FOREHEAD. AND HE
TOOK HIS TIME TO TALK TO MEAN
GET TO KNOW ME.
BUT COLBY SAID THE BOOK A
LOT OF RECORDS SEIZED BY LOT
OF PEOPLE TO PLAY BASKETBALL.
THE GREAT ASKING SO IT'S STILL
ON THE ROAD TODAY LOT OF
PEOPLE FOUND A VERY DIFFICULT
TO GET TO THE STAPLES CENTER
TODAY BECAUSE OF THE GRAMMY
AWARDS. THAT'S ALSO GOING ON
AT LA THIS EVENING, HOWEVER
POLICE WE'RE ABLE TO OPEN UP
THE STREETS THERE TO ALLOW FOR
ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC. THE LAKERS
RETURN TO LOS ANGELES TODAY
AFTER PLAYING IN PHILADELPHIA
ON SATURDAY. THIS IS AERIAL
VIDEO OF THE TEAM'S ARRIVAL AT
L A X AND IT SHOWS PLAYERS
HUGGING ON THE TARMAC YOU CAN
SEE LEBRON JAMES.
RIGHT THERE IN THE WHITE
HOODIE AND DARK SWEAT PANTS
HUGGING PEOPLE AND WIPING AWAY
TEARS BRYANT'S LAST TWEET WAS
ABOUT LEBRON JAMES
CONGRATULATING HIM ON THE
ALL-TIME SCORING LIST KOBE
BRYANT RETIRED FROM THE NBA IN
2016 HE PLAYED FOR 20 SEASONS,
HE WAS AN ICON HE WON 5
CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH THE LAKERS
AND HE WAS ALSO AN NBA
ALL-STAR FOR 18 YEARS IT IS I
STANLEY JOINING US NOW IN
STUDIO AND THIS IS REALLY NEWS
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HARD IT
IS BECAUSE HE IS SO CLOSE TO
HIS PLAYING CAREER IS ONLY A
HALL OF FAME ELIGIBLE NOW SO A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO EVEN YOUNG
FOLKS.
THEY ALL REMEMBER CANDY
BRAND PLANNED THIS ISN'T AN
OLDER PERSON FROM A PREVIOUS
GENERATION, HE WAS FEW YEARS
AGO THE FACE OF THE NBA FOR
YEARS AND WE ALWAYS ENVISIONED
ATHLETES AND TEAMS AS NOT
LIKING ONE ANOTHER WELL, THE
NBA. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THERE IS SO MUCH RESPECT
BETWEEN PLAYERS THAT WHEN
TRAGEDY HITS.
IT STRIKES. EVERYONE AND
THAT'S WHAT WE SAW A MINUTE
AGO YOU WOULD JUST SHOW THE
MOMENT OF SILENCE IN DENVER.
THERE ARE 8 GAMES IN THE
LEAGUE TONIGHT ALL 8 HONORED
KOBY BRYANT AND IF YOU THINK
ABOUT IT. MOST OF THE PLAYERS
IN THE LEAGUE WERE GROWING UP
DURING BRYANT'S HEYDAY. SO
THIS WAS ONE OF THEIR HEROES.
NOW THE HEAD COACH OF THE
CLIPPERS DOC RIVERS COACHED
AGAINST BRYANT INTO NBA FINALS
AND SAYS HE ENJOYED GETTING TO
KNOW KOBY BETTER AFTER HIS
PLAYING CAREER.
THE NEWS IS JUST
DEVASTATING FOR FOR THE NASA
HAS THIS FAMILY THERE'S JUST
SO MANY PEOPLE HE TOUCHED YOU
AND YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S LOOKING
TO MY YOUNG PLAYERS AND SEE NO
MOTION THEY ARE. THEY KNOW YOU
KNOW THAT JUST TELLS YOU HOW
FAR AS REACH WAS.
AND THE OTHER PIECE OF
VIDEO WE JUST SAW EARLIER WAS
LEBRON JAMES ON THE TARMAC
THERE ON THE LAKERS FLIGHT
HOME HE WAS SO HONORED TO
PASCO BE LAST NIGHT ON THE
ALL-TIME SCORING LIST I CAN
ONLY IMAGINE HOW MUCH HE WAS
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
COBIAN SHOWING HIS GRATITUDE
THAT YOU ARE VERY CLOSE TO
HEAD BACK TO WHEN LEBRON WAS A
TEENAGER AND LEBRON IS LATE IN
HIS OWN CAREER SO THE 2 WERE
GOING HAND-IN-HAND LA AND ALL
THE PARALLELS AND OH THIS IS
HORRIBLE FOR HIS WIFE AND YEAH
ABSOLUTELY HAVING TO LOSE A
DAUGHTER AND HUSBAND AT THE
SAME TIME IT ABSOLUTELY WAS
LOOKING AT THE WAYNE WAIT
EARLIER TODAY IN TEARS TALKING
ABOUT THIS AD TO TOUGHEN THANK
YOU SIR APPRECIATE IT.
OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT A
BRIGHT GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA
MEMORIAL IS GROWING OUTSIDE
THE GYMNASIUM WHERE KOBY
PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.
THE LOWER MERION SCHOOL
DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON THERE
SAYS THAT THE DISTRICT IS
DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF
THE PASSING OF THE MOST
ILLUSTRIOUS BRYANT PLAYED AT
THE HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1992 TO
1996 OF COURSE BEFORE JOINING
THE NBA.
ALL THEY KNOW MY OWN
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TRAVELING
IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES WEARING
THEIR LOWER MERION HIGH SCHOOL
T SHIRTS OR JACKETS AND PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE WALKED
UP TO THEM AND SAID.
LOWER MERION KOBY BRYANT. I
MEAN HE IS HOW WE ARE
IDENTIFIED AROUND THE WORLD,
SO THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME
FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND OF COURSE I KNOW THE
COMMUNITY THE WORLD REALLY
WILL BE HONORING HIM IN THE
COMING DAYS. PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD ARE REACTING TO COLBY'S
DEATH MY FATHER BROOKS IS A
FORMER NBA SCOUT WHO WORKED
SIDE BY SIDE WITH KOBY AT
BASKETBALL CAMPS ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
THIS IS A COURSE OF SOME
IMAGES FROM THOSE CAMPS HE
TELLS ME KOBY HAD A WAY WITH
KIDS HE WANTED TO HELP YOUNG
PLAYERS AT CAMPS IN CHINA AND
EUROPE AND THE CHILDREN ADORED
HIM IS WHEN THEY WENT THE GYM,
THEIR EYES LIT UP WHEN HE
WALKED IN.
SO HE'S A YOUNG BOY THE
AORTA TIME. IT IS VERY FLUID
AT THE TIME. YOU KNOW HE IT
WAS THEIRS TELL YOU KIDS IN
THE AUDIENCE TO ITS FEET ON
THE GIANT. IT WAS PORTER
RENAISSANCE GUY BUT GET THIS
OATH HE WAS SO FOCUSED WANTING
TO HELP YOUNG KIDS AND SO
FOCUSED WE'RE BECOMING A
BETTER PLAYER. THAT IT SHOWED
UP LIKE I SAY EVERYTHING HE
DID IT WAS PUT ON PERCENT INTO
IT REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE WAS
STILL.
AND MY DAD SAID THAT WHEN
THEY WERE ON THE COURT WITH
THOSE CHILDREN NO ONE ELSE