MEAL.
MEAL. DOES IT BENEFIT US AS WELL?
>> TONIGHT THE WORLD+@ STOPS TO
HONOR A LEGEND TAKEN BEFORE HIS
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. NOW
TIME. NOW KOBE BRYANT IS BEING
REMEMBERED AS MUCH MORE THAN
VASQUEZ GREAT BASKETBALL
PL+@AYER.
PL+@AYER.
PL+@AYER. GETTING A LIFE LOOK AT THE HUGE
CROWD OF FANS T+@HAT HAVE
GATHERED AT THE STAPLES CENTER
IN LOS ANGELES TO PAY RESPECTS.
WE'VE +@BEEN HERE AT THE CENTER
HERE WHERE KOBE PLAYED SO MANY
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. INSIDE TONIGHT OUR STUDIO IS
LIT PURPLE AND YELLOW IN HIS
HONOR.
HONOR.
HONOR. WE
HONOR. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THE LATEST
ON THE CRASH ITSELF.
THE NTSB SENT A GO TEAM TO THE
CRASH SITE TO INVESTIGATE.
THERE WERE NO SURVIVORSOF THE+@
NINE.
NINE.
NINE. THERE WAS BASEBALL COACH THAT
STUDENT ATHLETE OUT OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.
+@
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE
ONBOARD.
ONBOARD.
ONBOARD. THEY WERE FLYING OVER
CALABASAS, 30 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LOS ANGELES.
THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 10:00
THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 10:00@ A.M.
A.M.
A.M. THEIR TIME.
THEIR TIME. THE FIRE MADE IT DIFFICULT TO
GET TO THE WRECKAGE.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS A STEEP AND
HILLY AREA.
HILLY AREA. JOE, FEW HESITATE TO SAY KOBE
BRYANT WAS THE GREATEST OF A+@L
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. +@
TIMES. >>
TIMES. >> ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER PLAY
BASKETBALL.
BASKETBALL. THEY'RE SHOCKED, SADDENED AN+@D
HEART BROKEN.
HEART BROKEN. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THEY CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
+@KOBE BEAN BIPARTISAN BRYANT
CREATED SO MANY MEMORIE+@S FOR
FANS, TEAMMATES AND THE LAKERS,
SO MANY WORLDWIDE.
SO MANY FEEL STUCK, THE BURDEN
OF THE LOSS SO HEAVY BECAUSE
BRYANT'S IMPACT WAS SO GREAT.
THIS VIDEO OF BRYANT AND HIS
DAUGHTER GIANNA, HAD REP
RECENTLY BECOME A MEME ON
TWITTER.
TWITTER.
TWITTER. THEY WENT FROM CHILD PRODIGY TO
AMBASSADOR OF THE GAME, 18 TIME
ALL STAR, 2008 MVP AND ALL
TIME GREAT.
TIME GREAT. ON THIS DAY HE WAS DAD ON HIS
WAY TO COACH HIS DAUGHTER AND
FRIEND, SHARING MORE ABOU+@T TH
GAME HE LOVED.
HERE+@ IS BRYANT TALKING ABOUT
HER LOVE FOR BASKETBALL.
YOU THINK YOUR DAUGHTER WANTS
TO PLAY IN THE WNBA?
>> FOR SURE.
>> THIS GIRL.
>> WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT.
>> DUDE, I'M TELLING YOU.
THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENS IS
WE GO OUT AND PEOPLE COME UP
AND PEOPLE SAY YOU AND V GOTTA
HAVE A BOY AND CARRY ON THE
TRADITION AND THE LEGACY.
SHE'S LIKE, I GOT THIS.
SHE +@DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.
YES, YOU DO, YOU GOT THIS.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S SO SAD.
I MENTIONED HIS REACH.
IT TOUCHED PLENTY OF PEOPLE
+@ HERE IN NORTH T+@EXAS.
MIKE LESLIE IS HERE WITH MORE
ON.
ON.
ON. THAT
ON. THAT MIKE, IT'S HARD TO WRAP
YOUR MIND AROUND THE SHOCKING
REALITY.
REALITY.
REALITY. >> YES, IT'S AN AWFUL, AWFUL
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. HIS
DAY. HIS IMPACT HERE IN DALLAS AND
ON THE +@MAVS ORGANIZATION, ONE
THING SAYS IT ALL.
THE MAVS RESPECT FOR KOBE BEAN
BIPARTISAN BRYANT BUILT OVER
THE YEARS 20 YEARS, THAT
RESPECT IS SO STRONG THAT
+@ TONIGHT THE O+@RGANIZATION IS S
STRONG THEY ANNOUNCED THEY'RE
RETIRING THE NUMBER 24.
NO HARV WILL EVER WEAR THAT
JERSEY AGAIN.
JERSEY AGAIN. FOR TWO DECADES KOBE BRYANT WAS
THORN IN THE MAVERICKS SIDE.
FIVE TIMES MORE THAN 40 POINTS,
IN 2012 AGAINST THE DEFENDING
CHAMPION MAVERICK, HE OUT
SCORED THEM 62-& 1. THE MUTUAL
RESPECT, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN
KOBE AND DIRK WAS REMARKABLE,
EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE KOBE
TRIED TO RECRUIT DIRK TO PLAY
IN L.A..
IN L.A..
IN L.A.. I SAID I KNOW YOU'RE NOT
LEAVING DALLAS +@BUT I HAVE TO
MAKE THE CALL.
>> Reporter: THAT RESPECT IS IN
THE CURRENT GENERATION OF MAVS
+@
THE CURRENT GENERATION OF MAVS AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. A FAN IS HECKLING HIM AND HE
TURNS TO LOOK AND IT WAS KOBE
BRYANT.
BRYANT.
BRYANT. LUCA'S DEVASTATION OVER THE
DEATH MIRRORED +@HIS TEAMMATES.
HE TWEET+@ED FIVE TIMES FINISHI
WITH A PICTURE+@ OF LUCA POSING
WITH BRYANT'S DAUGHTER GIANNA.
THEN THERE IS DALE HAIR
IBRYANT'S FIRST COACH IN THE
NBA AND NOW IN THE FRONT OFFICE
OF THE TEAM.
>> HIS LEGACY IS ONE THAT WILL
LAST BECAUSE HE INFLUENCED SO
MANY YOUNG PLAYERS TO GIVE THE
BEST EFFORT.
BEST EFFORT. >> Reporter: FOR TWO YEAR HE
DROVE +@FANS CRAZY AND NOW
THEY'RE ALL LEFT WISHING HE
+@COULD DRIVE THEM NUTS ONE MOR
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
TIME. >> BRYANT WASN'T PERFECT.
HE HAD A SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE
SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
NONETHELESS, REACTION LOSE
POURED IN NATION WADE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETING KOBE
BEAN BIPARTISAN BRYANT, DESPITE
BEING THE TRULY GREAT
BASKETBALL PLAYER, ONE OF THE
GREATEST OF ALL TIME, WAS JUST
GETTING STARTED IN LIFE.
THE PRESIDENT SENT HIS WARMEST
CONDOLENCES TO HIS WIFE VANESSA
AND THE FAMILY.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID KOBE WAS
LEGEND ON THE COURT AND GETTING
STARTED IN A SECOND ACT.
NBA ICON, MICHAEL JORDAN, SAID
HE LOVED BRYANT AND HE WAS LIKE
A LITTLE BROTHER TO HIM.
THE NEWS WAS SHARED AT THE PRO
BOWL TODAY.
BOWL TODAY. THE CROWD CHANTED HIS NAME AND
THE SHOCK AND SADNESS WAS
APPARENT.
APPARENT.
APPARENT. >> I JUST DON'T HAVE A LOT TO
SAY.
SAY.
SAY. THE
SAY. THE NEWS IS JUST DEVASTATING
TO EVERYBODY.
TO EVERYBODY. >> IT'S SHOCKER TO EVERYONE.
I'M UNBELIEVABLY SAD AND ONE OF
THE MORE TRAGIC DAYS.
FOR ME IT'S REALITY JUST
SETTING IN.
SETTING IN. >> WE ALL FEEL A DEEP SENSE OF
LOSS FOR WHAT HE MEANT TO ALL
OF US IN SO MANY WAYS.
>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE DAY, MARIE
THAT YOU'LL REMEMBER WHERE YOU
WERE WHEN YOU HEARD THE NEWS.
KOBE BEAN BIPARTISAN BRYANT WAS
JUST GETTING STARTED.
HE WON AN OSCAR IN 2018 FAR
FILM THAT HIS COMPANY HELPED
PRODUCE.
PRODUCE.
PRODUCE. HE HAD SO MANY PROJECTS HE WAS
WORKING ON IN LOS ANG+@ELES.
SO MANY STARS AT THE GRAMMY
TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT KOBE,
LEFT AND RIGHT.
IT'S THE PERFECT EXAMPL+@E O+@F
STAR GONE TOO SOON. +@
>> WE'LL MISS