Remembering the Nine Lives Lost in the Devastating Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash Nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, were on a helicopter when it crashed into a hillside in the Calabasas area northwest of Los Angeles. By Jonathan Lloyd •
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A basketball icon, his 13-year-old daughter, young basketball players who shared a passion for the game and their family members were among those killed when a helicopter crashed into a hillside on a foggy morning northwest of Los Angeles.
The group, which formed a bond through sports, was on its way to a girls basketball tournament at the Mamba Sports Academy in Newbury Park. The Sikorsky S-76B left John Wayne Airport in Orange County just after 9 a.m., then made a U-turn in the Calabasas area, climbed and then made a steep descent.
One year later: Tribute to be held to remember helicopter crash victims with Houston ties
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This is an image shared by the Altobelli family of (from left to right):
Keri Altobelli, John Altobelli, Alexis Altobelli, J.J. Altobelli and Alyssa Altobelli.
Keri, John and Alyssa died along with Kobe Bryant in the fatal helicopter crash on Sunday in Calabasas, CA. (CNN / KPRC)
HOUSTON – John Altobelli, his wife Keri and teenage daughter Alyssa, are being remembered one year after their deaths in a helicopter crash that also killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and four others.
Altobelli was a former assistant coach at the University of Houston in 1987 and before that, a two-year letterwinner for the Cougars from 1984 to 1985.
One Year Later: Remembering the Nine People Who Died in the 2020 Calabasas Helicopter Crash Nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, were on a helicopter when it crashed into a hillside in the Calabasas area northwest of Los Angeles. By Jonathan Lloyd •
Updated on January 26, 2021 at 7:34 am
NBC Universal, Inc.
A basketball icon, his 13-year-old daughter, young basketball players who shared a passion for the game and their family members were among those killed when a helicopter crashed into a hillside on a foggy morning northwest of Los Angeles.
The group, which formed a bond through sports, was on its way to a girls basketball tournament at the Mamba Sports Academy in Newbury Park. The Sikorsky S-76B left John Wayne Airport in Orange County just after 9 a.m., then made a U-turn in the Calabasas area, climbed and then made a steep descent.
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