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>> KOBE
>> KOBE BRYANT, SOMEONE THAT IM+@PACTED OUR LIVES IN THE GAM
FOR IT TO END LIKE THIS.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO USE THE
WORD END BECAUSE HIS LEGACY
WILL LIVE ON FOREVER .
>> A SHOCKING DAY, NOT ONLY FOR
THOSE WHO LOVE THE GAME OF
BASKETBALL BUT FIRST SPORTS
FANS AROUND THE WORLD, AFTER
THE LOSS+@ OF NBA GREAT, KOBE
BRYANT.
BRYANT.
BRYANT. +@HE A+@ND EIGHT OTHER PEOPLE D
IN A HELICOPTER CRASH TODAY.
THEY REPORT HIS 13-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER, GIANNA WAS ONE OF
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. THEY WERE FLYING OVER
CALABASAS, NEAR LOS ANGELES.
+@
CALABASAS, NEAR LOS ANGELES. THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 10
AM.
AM.
AM. WE
AM. WE ARE TOLD THE FIRE AT THE
SCENE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR
EMERGENCY CREWS TO GET TO THE
WRECKAGE.
WRECKAGE.
WRECKAGE. IT WAS IN A STEEP, HILLY AREA,
THE WRECKAGE SMOLDERING IN THIS
VIDEO.
VIDEO.
VIDEO. KOBE AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE ON
THE WAY TO HER BASKETBALL GAME.
SHE IS THE SECOND OLDEST OF
FOUR DAUGHTERS AND WAS AN
ASPIRING BASKETBALL STAR
HERSELF.
HERSELF.
HERSELF. SHE WAS WITH ONE OF HER
TEAMMATES AND APPARENT+@.
NTSB+@ IS WORKING TO SEND A TEA
RIGHT THERE TO FIND OUT WHAT
WENT WRONG?
WENT WRONG? SOME CONTEXT ON WHAT AN
INCREDIBLE LEGACY HE LEAVES
BEHIND .
BEHIND .
BEHIND . >> THIS IS HARD FOR THE ENTIRE
SPORTS WORLD.
SPORTS WORLD. HE WAS TRULY WAS ONE OF THE
GREATEST NBA+@ PLAYERS.
SAD DAY.
SAD DAY.
SAD DAY. KOBE BRYANT WAS ONE OF THE ALL-
TIME GREATS.
TIME GREATS. HE WAS ALWAYS +@KNOWN AS EIGHT
24, 81 IN MY MIN+@D.
THE TWO NUMBERS HE WORE AND THE
84 POINT GAME HE POSTED IN
2006.
2006.
2006. NOW
2006. NOW UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS A
FOURTH NUMBER, HE WILL BE
FOREVER 41 YEARS OLD.
IT IS CERTAINLY BEEN A VERY
DIFFICULT DAY FOR THE SPORTS
COMMUNITY . HE WAS A CHAMPION,
FIVE-TIME CHAMPION, FIRST
BALLOT HALL OF FAMER.
18 TIME NBA ALL-STAR AS+@ WELL
MVP.
MVP.
MVP. THERE WAS AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF
TIME WHEN HE WAS THE BEST
+@
TIME WHEN HE WAS THE BEST PLAYER IN THE NBA.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT, HE WAS
ONE OF THE MOST INTENTIONA+@LLY
INSPIRATIONAL PLAYERS THE
LEAGUE EVER SAW.
HIS FIRE AND DETERMINATION TO
BE ONE OF THE GREATEST IF NOT
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME,
BEYOND THAT OF ANY PLAYER,
MAYBE EVEN INCLUDING MICHAEL
JORDAN.
JORDAN.
JORDAN. TENACITY WAS HIS BRAND, HE
TRULY DID CREATE ONE OF THE ALL-
TIME GREATS.
TIME GREATS. IS 81 POINT GAME WAS ONE OF THE
BEST MEMORIES I HAVE, BEING A
SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SEEN ON SPORTSCENTER HE SCORED
81 POINTS.
81 POINTS. JUST BEING IN AWE, WATCHING
EVERY LAST H+@IGHLIGHT WITH MY
JAW ON THE FLOOR.
HE WAS A SPECIAL PLAYER AND HE
CREATED MANY MOMENTS THAT WE
WILL NOT SOON FORGET.
NOW UNFORTUNATELY, ALL WE HAVE
ARE THOSE MEMORIES OF A MAN WHO
WAS ALREADY SHOWING WHAT HE
+@
WAS ALREADY SHOWING WHAT HE COULD BE DOING POSTS
BASKETBA+@LL.
BASKETBA+@LL. UNFORTUNATEL+@Y ALL OF THAT, CU
SHORT .
SHORT .
SHORT . >>> WITH SOME+@ MORE +@PERSPECT
ON THIS.
ON THIS.
ON THIS. WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER WEATHER
WAS A FACTOR BUT I WANT TO ASK
YOU WHAT CONDITIONS WERE SINCE
WE KNOW IT WASN'T A PERFECTLY
SUNNY CLEAR DAY .
>> I WENT BACK TO SATELLITE
RADAR, LOS ANGELES AND
CALABASAS AREA, THIS IS BETWEEN
8 AM AND 12 PM, PACIFIC
STANDARD TIME.
STANDARD TIME. THERE WERE REPORTS OF FOG AND
LOW CLOUDS.
LOW CLOUDS. THERE IS LOS ANGELES, CALABAS+@
IS THE CENTER PART, BETWEEN 8
+@
IS THE CENTER PART, BETWEEN 8 AM AND 12 PM.
WE DON'T KNOW WITH WEATHER WAS
A FACTOR BUT CERTAINLY THAT
WILL BE PART OF THAT
INVESTIGATION ONGOING TONIGHT.
CERTAINLY BEYOND THAT.
THAT IS ALL WE CAN +@CONFIRM, L
CLOUDS AND FOG IN THE AREA.
NOTHING MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. AS
THAT. AS SOON AS FANS HEARD ABOUT IT
THEY RUSHED TO THE SCENE .
>> I PUT ON MY CLOTHES AND WE
CAME DOW+@N HERE +@AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. WE HAD T+@O FIND OUT.
>> SEVERAL FANS SHOWING THEIR
GRIEF JUST BY BEING THERE.
ALSO SEVERAL MAKESHIFT
MEMORIALS AND ALSO AT THE
STAPLES CENTER WHERE THE LAKERS
PLAYED.
PLAYED.
PLAYED. THE GRAMMYS ARE TAKING PLACE
THERE TONIGHT.
THERE TONIGHT. HE HAS BEEN TWEETING WHAT HE
HAS BEEN SEEING AND HEARING
FROM FANS IN LOS ANGELES.
WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE FROM HIM
TONIGHT IN OUR NEWS10 .
>>> THE ENTIRE SPORTS WORLD IS
REACTING TO HIS DEATH.
INCLUDING THE DALLAS MAVERICKS
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. ONE PERSON SAYS THIS CAN'T BE
TRUE.
TRUE.
TRUE. WE
TRUE. WE CAN NEVER FORGET HOW
PRECIOUS LIFE IS, HOW THOSE WHO
ARE SPECIAL TO YOU, NEVER LET
THEM FORGET HOW DEEPLY YOU LOVE
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. WE
THEM. WE WILL HAVE MUCH