A public memorial service for Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, will be held on the morning of Feb. 24 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
News headlines today: Feb. 6, 2020and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, will be held on the morning of Feb. 24 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
There is significance in the chosen date. It reflects the basketball jersey numbers worn by Kobe and Gianna . Gianna Bryant's jersey was retired by Harbor Day School in Corona Del Mar, California, on Thursday. The date for the memorial was finalized with planning and coordination from the city of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department and the LA Clippers, who have a game at the Staples Center that evening.Bryant, 41, was heading to a basketball game with his daughter on Jan. 26, when the helicopter they were traveling in crashed in Southern California, shortly before 10 a.m. local time.
911 calls released earlier this week made in the aftermath of the helicopter crash, underscore the poor weather conditions that the aircraft was flying in. The weather conditions are one factor being examined as a potential cause of the crash by the National Transportation Safety Board’s probe into the incident.Bryant and Gianna are survived by his wife Vanessa, and daughters Natalia, Bianka and Capri.
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