By City News Service
Jan 26, 2021
CALABASAS (CNS) - Basketball fans across the country were remembering today s first anniversary of the helicopter crash in Calabasas that killed Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, as a final determination on the probable cause of the crash approaches.
Bryant s widow Vanessa took to Instagram on Tuesday to post a letter she received from one of Gianna s best friends, which read in part, “My mind constantly thinks of your beautiful daughter. Her smile and attitude push me to be better. You have probably heard this, but if I ever become a mom, I hope my daughter turns out exactly as yours did.
Remembering the Nine Lives Lost in the Devastating Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash Nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, were on a helicopter when it crashed into a hillside in the Calabasas area northwest of Los Angeles. By Jonathan Lloyd •
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A basketball icon, his 13-year-old daughter, young basketball players who shared a passion for the game and their family members were among those killed when a helicopter crashed into a hillside on a foggy morning northwest of Los Angeles.
The group, which formed a bond through sports, was on its way to a girls basketball tournament at the Mamba Sports Academy in Newbury Park. The Sikorsky S-76B left John Wayne Airport in Orange County just after 9 a.m., then made a U-turn in the Calabasas area, climbed and then made a steep descent.
Family of teen who lost mom, dad and sister in Kobe Bryant chopper crash say not being able to hug during COVID has made their mourning so much harder , but insist they don t blame the pilot
Lexi Altobelli, 17, lost her father John Altobelli, 56, her mom Keri, 46 and her sister Alyssa, 13, in the January 26, 2020 helicopter crash in Calabasas
The same crash killed Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna
Lexi s uncle Tony is speaking out on the anniversary of the crash saying she s coping as good as expected and is living with her half-brother JJ
Tony Altobelli said the COVID crisis has made it hard to grieve and the fact that you can’t hug people made it so much harder
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Following the tragic helicopter crash that took the lives of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant, and seven other individuals, Kobe’s widow Vanessa Bryant recently paid tribute to Gianna and Kobe in an Instagram post at the one year anniversary of their crash. The post included a heartbreaking note which was written to her by one of her late daughter Gianna‘s friends.
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A memorial tribute to Bryant and his daughter Gianna. (Matt Troutman/Patch)
CALABASAS, CA An De Vooght of Topanga remembers her husband telling her it was too foggy to bike the morning of Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. She said it was the first time in 18 years he had warned her against completing her regular trek along Mullholland near Las Virgenes Road.
As soon as she got onto the windy, invisible roads, De Vooght regretted her decision. She turned on her light at 9 in the morning, hoping it would help her visibility. It did not. She turned on her phone to check the weather, and saw that there had been a crash nearby. As events slowly rolled in, she, along with the rest of the country and the world, learned that it had been a helicopter crash that killed Lakers star Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and the seven other passengers aboard.