Kobe and Gigi Bryant Memorial Thread (RIP)

[Tenchi Ryu]

Damn

 

[goatmane]

So was Kobe flying? The numbers don't add up if he wasnt


Edit: Forgot it was 9 people who died. Not 5. smh. Sad either way.

Reading about the baseball coach... he was a real one also

 

[Everythingg]

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Im still feeling sick. Been trying to avoid news/media and this site. Just been laying down the whole day watching TV shows to take my mind off this shyt.

 

[The_Sheff]

L.A. weather was extremely foggy Sunday morning, and law enforcement sources tell us even LAPD air support was grounded because of it. Flight tracker data shows Kobe's chopper appeared to first encounter weather issues as it was above the L.A. Zoo. It circled that area at least 6 times at a very low altitude -- around 875 feet -- perhaps waiting for the fog to clear.

We know the pilot contacted the control tower at Burbank Airport around 9:30 AM PT, and the tower was aware the pilot had been circling for about 15 minutes. The pilot eventually headed north along the 118 freeway before turning to the west, and started following above the 101 freeway around Woodland Hills, CA.

At around 9:40 AM they encounter more weather -- as in seriously heavy fog -- and the chopper turned south. This was critical, because they turned toward a mountainous area. The pilot suddenly and rapidly climbed from about 1200 feet up to 2000 feet.

However, moments later -- around 9:45 AM -- they flew into a mountain at 1700 feet. Flight tracker data shows they were flying at about 161 knots.

I know sometimes people can be more worried about their schedule than their safety but that shyt has to always come first. Pilot shouldnt have left the ground if the weather was so bad the LAPD wouldnt brave it.

 

[malbaker86]

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Man Kobe is the type of dude that I could have seen living into his 80s or 90s.

Was looking forward to him being bill Russell’s age showing up to games and events and just being that bigger than life legend. I’m hurt

 

[JoseLuisGotcha]

Favorite Kobe video of all time.

That “Time” by Hans Zimmer just hits different.

Damn this shyt right here got me bruhs

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

They hit a mountain with little visibility at almost 200 mph. They probably didn't even realize what happened.

 

[BXKingPin82]

Alicia Keys speaking on Kobe.

got Boyz to Men out there now.

goodness man nah man
this got me man. smh

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Alicia and boyz 2 men starting the Grammys singing it’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday for kobe

 

[Serious]

L.A. weather was extremely foggy Sunday morning, and law enforcement sources tell us even LAPD air support was grounded because of it. Flight tracker data shows Kobe's chopper appeared to first encounter weather issues as it was above the L.A. Zoo. It circled that area at least 6 times at a very low altitude -- around 875 feet -- perhaps waiting for the fog to clear.

We know the pilot contacted the control tower at Burbank Airport around 9:30 AM PT, and the tower was aware the pilot had been circling for about 15 minutes. The pilot eventually headed north along the 118 freeway before turning to the west, and started following above the 101 freeway around Woodland Hills, CA.

At around 9:40 AM they encounter more weather -- as in seriously heavy fog -- and the chopper turned south. This was critical, because they turned toward a mountainous area. The pilot suddenly and rapidly climbed from about 1200 feet up to 2000 feet.

However, moments later -- around 9:45 AM -- they flew into a mountain at 1700 feet. Flight tracker data shows they were flying at about 161 knots.

Yeah it was foggy as hell this morning.

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

Has Vanessa posted anything yet just to let the public know she's alright?

nothing against you but you just made me realize how crazy it is that this is the expectation in today’s society.

 

[broller]

It was so cool to see an all time great in one sport in his role as just a regular fan of another...

 

[Smokin Rider]

Man this is the first celebrity death in my life that really really hit me. Been crying on and off all day. I cant believe it. Kobe was such a huge part of my childhood and I got into basketball as a lil 8 yr old kid his rookie year and rooted for him just cause he was the youngest to ever come out to play in the NBA. Followed his whole career and still do/did to this day. I cant even .... man R.I.P. to Bean and his daughter and all who were lost