Why Kobe?

He will sorely be missed.

The world is mourning the loss of NBA legend Kobe Bryant.

Before his passing, the junk food media shared a moment. Kobe and his family went to Disneyland for the holidays and were sharing their lives on social media.

Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), the 53 U.S. Representatives, the remaining members of the House and the Senate, Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, George W. and Laura Bush, athletes, entertainers and people in the news have shared their thoughts on the passing of a legend.

Again, what are "thoughts and prayers" gonna do? It's not going to bring people back. Yeah, we treated Kobe Bryant like he's was one of the family. I get that. I understand. But the time for mourning should only be between his father, mother, wife, daughters, his best friends and his closest family members. They knew him. They loved him.

We loved him, too.

Bryant and his daughter Gianna along with seven other people died in a tragic helicopter crash on Sunday. It's still extremely hard to grasp the notion that an All-American basketball star died.

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I hate seeing my #teammamba girls play against each other. This is GREAT defense by our mamba pg Alyssa Altobelli and a familiar looking fade by our 2gd the #Mambacita

A post shared by Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) on Nov 15, 2019 at 12:10am PST

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He was only 41-years old.

The NTSB, FAA, California State Highway Patrol, The Los Angeles County Boys, the Los Angeles Fire Department, The FBI and Calabasas Police have opened an investigation into why the helicopter pilot decided to fly when conditions were extremely bad.

The helicopter departed from the John Wayne International Airport (SNA) in Orange County. The group was traveling to the Mamba Academy in Thousand Oaks.

Due to the light rain and foggy weather, the LAPD grounded helicopter traffic and many air traffic at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was delayed. The flight tracker showed that the helicopter circled above the L.A. Zoo due to heavy air traffic in the area.

Kobe and his ladies.

About 9:30am (PST), the pilot contacted Bob Hope Burbank/Hollywood International Airport (BUR) contacted the airport control tower, notifying the tower of the situation and was told he was "flying too low" to be tracked by radar. At the time, the fog gotten worse and only 15 minutes later, the helicopter crashed into the side of a mountain. The crash called a brush fire which was later extinguished.

The law publicly condemned tabloid agitator TMZ after they released the findings that Bryant was on board the helicopter. The law was trying to notify Kobe's family and they felt that TMZ is willing to drive shock value for ratings.

The victims included:

John Altobelli, the head coach of the Orange Coast College Pirates, his wife Keri and their daughter Alyssa.

Christina Mauser who was a physical education teacher and personal friend of Kobe. She was interested in getting a job coaching for Kobe's lady Mambas basketball team

Sarah and Peyton Chester were family friends of Bryant. Gianna was friends with Peyton and Alyssa.

The nine victims of a fatal helicopter crash.

Ara Zobayan was the pilot of the ill-fated Sikorsky S-76B. Zobayan was a sightseeing tour guide who had 20 years of experience piloting a helicopter. He was a certified flight instructor. The helicopter crashed in Calabasas while en route to Camarillo, California. Kobe frequently used the helicopter to avoid the congested Los Angeles traffic and considered it tool for maintaining his body, as it lets him avoid sitting in a car for more than two hours.

This tragedy is shocking to all who knew Kobe Bryant from his young days as a NBA player.

He signed to the Los Angeles Lakers at age 18 and been playing with the team for 20 years.

He was an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team and the 2008 NBA MOst Valuable Player (MVP). He was a five time NBA champion.  He led the NBA in scoring during two seasons, ranks fourth on the league's all-time regular season scoring, and ranks fourth on the all-time postseason scoring list.

He is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

He was estimated at $350 million in 2016.

He and Gianna leave behind his wife Vanessa Laine Bryant, Natalia, Bianka and Carpi.