The devastated husband of Christina Mauser, one of the nine people killed alongside Kobe Bryant in helicopter crash, says to ABC News that telling their children the news was 'the hardest thing I've ever done.'
From left to right, Houston Rockets center Tyson Chandler, guard Austin Rivers and forward P.J. Tucker react during a tribute to Kobe Bryant before an NBA basketball game against the Denver Nuggets, Jan. 26, 2020, in Denver.
But he"wanted to support" her opportunity to work with Bryant, he said,"'cause she's always supported me.""Kobe didn't pick my wife because she was average," he said."She was exceptional." Matthew Mauser spoke to ABC News on Jan. 27, 2020 following the death of his wife Christina Mauser on Jan. 26."I was so proud of her. It was amazing watching her in her element," he said."Kobe deferred to her. He would get angry or upset at a ref, she would calm him down."
He called his wife"an amazing athlete," recalling a moment the two played basketball on one of their first dates.
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