NBA professional basketball athlete Kobe Bryant has sadly passed away along with 8 other passengers, one of which was his 13 year old daughter, Gianna Bryant, in a helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles, in Calabasas, California. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. There were reports of very foggy conditions but that is not definitively the sole cause. The investigation is expected to take weeks. Of the other passengers on board, (none of which survived) were Orange County baseball coach, John Altobelli, his wife Keri and his daughter Alyssa. Basketball coach Christina Mauser, Pilot Ara Zobayan, and Sarah Chester and her daughter Peyton Chester.
Lots of questions have been circulating around this crash. Why does Kobe Bryant fly in a helicopter when he can just drive? It's all about timing and maximizing on the amount of time he can spend with his kids. Hear his response here, as it has now surfaced again after his death:
-Producer Lightning