Today marks two years since nine people, including Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas.
Today marks two years since nine people, including Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas.
Two years to the day after nine people, including Kobe and Gianna Bryant, were killed in a helicopter crash, a Los Angeles sculptor placed a statue of the.
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.