Kobe Bryant dead, confirmed.

[tom webster]

TMZ reporting he was on helicopter that just crashed

Edited January 26, 2020 by tom webster
Update

[GASabresIUFAN]

Yep. 4 kids

[spndnchz]

Damn.

[GASabresIUFAN]

I’m watching IU vs Maryland on CBS and they haven’t said a work about Kobe.  I’m really surprised.

[Stoner]

No mention of Kobe on CNN coverage. They must not feel comfortable with the sourcing of the confirmation.

[Brawndo]

ESPN just confirmed it 

[Eleven]

Well, they just announced it during the Pro Bowl and then immediately cut to an image of a pizza.  How ceremonious.

[nfreeman]

I am deeply disappointed that I have to say this, but please do not post, in threads commemorating the departed, criticisms of the departed.  

[Brawndo]

ABC News reported His Four Daughters may have been with him. 
 

Please be wrong about that 

[nfreeman]

Awful.  God bless that family.

[GASabresIUFAN]

7 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

ABC News reported His Four Daughters may have been with him. 
 

Please be wrong about that 

I can’t find that anywhere else.  

[Brawndo]

Alexis Wainwright (@AWainwrightTV) Tweeted:
Sources have confirmed that neither #Bryant’s wife or children were on board of the helicopter that crashed.

[nfreeman]

FWIW:

 

 

NetsDaily Retweeted

 

Alexis Wainwright

 

@AWainwrightTV

 

Sources have confirmed that neither #Bryant’s wife or children were on board of the helicopter that crashed.

3:14 PM · Jan 26, 2020 from Little Rock, AR·Twitter for iPhone

[GASabresIUFAN]

Shock ABC got it wrong.

[Zamboni]

Sad sad news.

[freester]

Kobe’s eldest daughter was on board per TMZ

[Brawndo]

This is horrible 

[Taro T]

Fox had a brief discussion of/ tribute to Bryant during the MSU Minnesota game.  Pretty sure the color analyst had been a teammate of his.

RIP.

[Cheektorado]

7 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

This is horrible 

Seeing her picture brought a tear to my eye.

 

[GASabresIUFAN]

Awful.

[stinky finger]

1 hour ago, Eleven said:

Well, they just announced it during the Pro Bowl and then immediately cut to an image of a pizza.  How ceremonious.

Well, hang on. Deep dish?

[Eleven]

12 minutes ago, Leaf Blower said:

Well, hang on. Deep dish?

Yes.  A Pizza Hut pan pizza, to be specific.  

[Wyldnwoody44]

Crazy, you'd think having a private helicopter would be safer than driving in California. I am very curious to see what may have caused the crash. 

 

Either way, very sad news, probably no words can do justice to console those affected ?

[SABRES 0311]

21 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Crazy, you'd think having a private helicopter would be safer than driving in California. I am very curious to see what may have caused the crash. 

 

Either way, very sad news, probably no words can do justice to console those affected ?

There has been some fog here. I have no details but fog plus mountains is pretty dangerous. I wonder if he tried to elevate above the fog to gain better visibility of the mountains. Going too high can cause a helicopter to stall out. I think a Blackhawk is what he was flying which has a ceiling near 15,000.

[GASabresIUFAN]

I'm not sure how Vanessa and the 3 kids move forward from this.  I feel so awful that the newborn will never know her father, a man who by all accounts had turned his life around and was a great dad.  Just awful and so unnecessary.