Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna, and several others die in helicopter crash

[King_B_Mack]

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[Majingir]

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Sad to hear LeBron say he spoke to Kobe literally hours before the crash.

Also, apparently the public memorial could be at the Coliseum.

No doubt it'll be televised. I think this will be bigger than Michael Jacksons memorial.

https://youtu.be/faR6vPbdQAo

[Smallville102001]

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Watching the first tnt nba show post Kobe death man this is hard.

[Smallville102001]

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Kobe's 7 month old daughter never getting to know her dad man that is hard. I didn't have a relationship with my dad after about the age of 8. Yes he was alive but i didn't have a relationship with him. I know the situation is different but the point is i can relate to how it fells to grow up with not having a relationship with one of your parents, and how much pain that can be, and how it can really leave like a empty felling not having that relationship in your life. Just so sad.

[Vni]

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Man that Shaq interview was tough.

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[DamnYanks2]

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Man that Shaq interview was tough.

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That was just brutal. Damn.

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[VDusen04]

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I take solace in reading everyone's thoughts, feelings, and emotions on the subject because there seems to be so many people feeling what I'm feeling and I feel a little more normal as a result.

I'm not from Los Angeles, I'm not a Lakers fan, I'm not a Kobe fan, and I'd never met him so logic might suggest that I'd feel a degree of sympathy and move on. Instead, three days later and I'm still crushed. I've cried or teared up on multiple occasions on each of the last three nights. I didn't even do that when my grandmother passed way, and I feel like I should feel embarrassed by that fact but I don't.

I just can't tell if there's a bigger existential thing going on here or what, but I'm just having a really difficult time coming to terms with the fact that he's gone. I can't even say the phrase, "Kobe Bryant is dead" without feeling like I've entered some strange alternate reality where nothing makes sense.

It's weird, I'm at a point where I can watch 45 minutes of something—even the Inside the NBA tribute—and I can feel sad and emotional but still mostly okay but then there'll just be a brief moment that'll pop up where I'll have this quick second of realization that Kobe Bryant is dead and literally gone forever and it all begins to feel so odd again. I could teach for a couple hours today before I'd get a down moment and think about Kobe and it'd just break my brain all over again.

It's crazy looking back to just four days ago when all of us so innocently had no idea this was coming. We went from normal NBA to just a couple days later having dorna boards rolling with Kobe's birth and death listed next to his portrait in remembrance. In addition to all the other emotions, it's 100 percent bizarre.

This is all incomprehensible, in the truest sense of the word.

[TMagic]

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I had went through my phone to see if I had a video or picture of me teaching my daughter "Kobe". Was upset when I couldn't find anything

But then I asked my girl and she was able to find this in her photos.

Crazy how big of a part he's played in all our lives man image000000_02.jpeg

[ojandpizza]

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I had went through my phone to see if I had a video or picture of me teaching my daughter "Kobe". Was upset when I couldn't find anything

But then I asked my girl and she was able to find this in her photos.

Crazy how big of a part he's played in all our lives man [ATTACH]174900[/ATTACH]

Future baller for sure!


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[Jr.]

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I take solace in reading everyone's thoughts, feelings, and emotions on the subject because there seems to be so many people feeling what I'm feeling and I feel a little more normal as a result.

I'm not from Los Angeles, I'm not a Lakers fan, I'm not a Kobe fan, and I'd never met him so logic might suggest that I'd feel a degree of sympathy and move on. Instead, three days later and I'm still crushed. I've cried or teared up on multiple occasions on each of the last three nights. I didn't even do that when my grandmother passed way, and I feel like I should feel embarrassed by that fact but I don't.

I just can't tell if there's a bigger existential thing going on here or what, but I'm just having a really difficult time coming to terms with the fact that he's gone. I can't even say the phrase, "Kobe Bryant is dead" without feeling like I've entered some strange alternate reality where nothing makes sense.

It's weird, I'm at a point where I can watch 45 minutes of something—even the Inside the NBA tribute—and I can feel sad and emotional but still mostly okay but then there'll just be a brief moment that'll pop up where I'll have this quick second of realization that Kobe Bryant is dead and literally gone forever and it all begins to feel so odd again. I could teach for a couple hours today before I'd get a down moment and think about Kobe and it'd just break my brain all over again.

It's crazy looking back to just four days ago when all of us so innocently had no idea this was coming. We went from normal NBA to just a couple days later having dorna boards rolling with Kobe's birth and death listed next to his portrait in remembrance. In addition to all the other emotions, it's 100 percent bizarre.

This is all incomprehensible, in the truest sense of the word.

I'm going through the exact same thing. It just feels like the crash was part of some movie or in an alternate universe or something. I've never felt like this with any kind of death in my lifetime. It's the strangest experience.

[Anthraticus]

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A complete unexpected crash and tragedy like that really shows how fragile life could be. I think a lot of people are subconsciously realizing our own mortality.

[Vni]

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I take solace in reading everyone's thoughts, feelings, and emotions on the subject because there seems to be so many people feeling what I'm feeling and I feel a little more normal as a result.

I'm not from Los Angeles, I'm not a Lakers fan, I'm not a Kobe fan, and I'd never met him so logic might suggest that I'd feel a degree of sympathy and move on. Instead, three days later and I'm still crushed. I've cried or teared up on multiple occasions on each of the last three nights. I didn't even do that when my grandmother passed way, and I feel like I should feel embarrassed by that fact but I don't.

I just can't tell if there's a bigger existential thing going on here or what, but I'm just having a really difficult time coming to terms with the fact that he's gone. I can't even say the phrase, "Kobe Bryant is dead" without feeling like I've entered some strange alternate reality where nothing makes sense.

It's weird, I'm at a point where I can watch 45 minutes of something—even the Inside the NBA tribute—and I can feel sad and emotional but still mostly okay but then there'll just be a brief moment that'll pop up where I'll have this quick second of realization that Kobe Bryant is dead and literally gone forever and it all begins to feel so odd again. I could teach for a couple hours today before I'd get a down moment and think about Kobe and it'd just break my brain all over again.

It's crazy looking back to just four days ago when all of us so innocently had no idea this was coming. We went from normal NBA to just a couple days later having dorna boards rolling with Kobe's birth and death listed next to his portrait in remembrance. In addition to all the other emotions, it's 100 percent bizarre.

This is all incomprehensible, in the truest sense of the word.

I go through the same. Wether you liked him, loved him or hated him he was a big part of our culture and we didn't really realise how much he meant in our life or in basketball till he was gone. We took him for granted, but he was part of the culture. He was part of our normal, our routine. I just hate to have to accept his death, it's a really uncomfortable feeling, it feels a bit empty and cold. I know I will eventually but right now I think I prefer to pretend nothing happened kind of, it's just too wierd.

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[Vni]

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A complete unexpected crash and tragedy like that really shows how fragile life could be. I think a lot of people are subconsciously realizing our own mortality.

Not the case for me, I lost my father in a car accident in 2003 and that was it for me, I am sure plenty of people lost loved ones too. I think we felt like Kobe Bryant belonged to us he was our thing that we could love, hate and discuss for ever.

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[Blzer]

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Reality keeps sinking in a little more and more for me, especially because it's not just Kobe who went. This familial thing is especially heartbreaking, here. Just as an example, John and Keri have two other children who won't ever see their parents or sister again. They had no last moments to say goodbye. Maybe even on the helicopter everything was far too sudden.

I still can't find the right words to say things in a clearheaded, organized manner. Everything just pours out as I think about it, and I have to hold back some of those other things because I need to bottle some emotions. And I realize there are other aerial vehicle crashes that occur quite often, but this is small and connected just enough for me by that thread that is Kobe and Gigi that I'm feeling this undue amount of sadness toward it.

Reality may keep sinking in, but I'm still far away from actual "this is real life" kind of acceptance.

[miked408]

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RIP Kobe, Gianna & all the others on board!