OT: Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash

[UConnMike04]

This is beyond brutal...easily the biggest celebrity athlete death of my lifetime (38). Praying the kids weren’t on board...

 

[navery12]

Tweets are all over the place right now with who's on board. Everyone would be better off waiting before posting

 

[minidarren]

please be true.

I agree. This is just awful.

 

[krinklecut]

ABC news reporting 4 daughters were in fact on board.

 

[HuskyHawk]

please be true.

I’m hopeful. His youngest was born in June. Who brings a baby on a helicopter? It’s awful enough as it is.

 

[sammydabiz]

This is beyond brutal...easily the biggest celebrity athlete death of my lifetime (38). Praying the kids weren’t on board...

Micheal Jackson?

 

[UCDaveD]

Micheal Jackson?

He said athlete, but this was the only one in my lifetime in terms of star power that is in the same realm.

 

[methodology]

Unconfirmed reports Rick fox might have been on board

 

[storrsroars]

Unconfirmed reports Rick fox might have been on board

Let's please wait until more than one source confirms something.

As HuskyHawk noted, it makes no sense to bring a seven month old infant on board, so let's remain skeptical and hopeful until confirmation by multiple sources.

 

[Hoophound]

Gianna onboard per TMZ.

 

[superjohn]

Unconfirmed reports Rick fox might have been on board

Again, praying this isn't true and it doesn't seem to be true. Rick Fox is the nicest celebrity I've ever met. Met him at a Sbarro's on the Mass turnpike as a starstruck 13 year old and he invited me to sit and eat with him and his friend.

 

[minidarren]

Let's please wait until more than one source confirms something.

As HuskyHawk noted, it makes no sense to bring a seven month old infant on board, so let's remain skeptical and hopeful until confirmation by multiple sources.

I don't understand the conflict between age of the person and mode of travel. Why is it so far fetched for a seven month old to be on a helicopter with her millionaire father?

 

[Hoophound]

They say they were headed to a practice at Mamba Academy.

 

[krinklecut]

ABC reporting definitively kids were NOT on board

 

[Hoophound]

ABC reporting definitively kids were NOT on board

Hope so, TMZ still saying Gianna was.

 

[krinklecut]

Hope so, TMZ still saying Gianna was.

Yeah just saw that. What a tragedy.

 

[Psolo12]

TMZ just confirmed Gianna was. RIP, such a damn tragedy

 

[temery]

Let's please wait until more than one source confirms something.

As HuskyHawk noted, it makes no sense to bring a seven month old infant on board, so let's remain skeptical and hopeful until confirmation by multiple sources.

very likely safer than being in a car.

 

[navery12]

Man, talking about Gianna playing for UConn earlier this week and now this

 

[Jaker]

Have not been this sad in a long time

 

[UConnMike04]

Micheal Jackson?

athlete death

 

[minidarren]

Jesus this is heartbreaking. Watching Jim Gray breakdown on Fox News. Life is too damn short.

 

[gsmooth]

Have not been this sad in a long time

Yeah I am still in a state of shock about this.

I wish UConn's struggles and their loss to Tulsa was the only thing that was bad today. So sad and tragic Prayers to the Bryant family.

 

[BugsyCT]

God, his last tweet was last night congratulating Lebron for passing him on the scoring list. Just unreal.

 

[minidarren]

Yeah I am still in a state of shock about this.

I would rather be writing and reading posts on UConn's struggles than hearing about this. So sad and tragic.

It does really put things in perspective. No matter the record, these are people and they can be gone in a moment.