One Year Later: Honoring the 9 victims of the Calabasas helicopter crash
By Kelli Johnson article
LOS ANGELES - January 26, 2020, was a day that broke hearts beyond the world of sports. A year after a helicopter crash took the lives of nine California residents, including Kobe and Gianna Bryant, their legacies continue to live on.
Alyssa Altobelli, 14
Alyssa was an eighth-grader at Horace Ensign Intermediate School in Newport Beach.
During the memorial service for the Altobelli family, Keri Altobelli’s brother, Derek Sanders, said his niece had the most infectious laugh.
Her childhood friend Sammy Forbath added that she always did her best to make others happy.