Six years have passed since the helicopter crash that stunned the sports world, but the loss of Kobe Bryant still feels unfinished, a silence that refuses to settle.
On Jan. 26, 2020, Bryant, 41, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed when their helicopter went down in heavy fog in Calabasas, California, while en route to a game at Bryantβs Mamba Sports Academy.
Investigators later concluded that pilot disorientation amid low visibility caused the aircraft to lose control.
For basketball, it marked the sudden end of one of the sportβs most relentless lives, a career built on obsession, brilliance and an unyielding will to win.
Black Mamba global farewell
Bryantβs death sent shockwaves far beyond the NBA. Murals bearing his likeness, and the numbers 8 and 24, bloomed on city walls from Los Angeles to Manila.
Courts fell silent.
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