One man tapped into the MambaMentality and dribbled a basketball for 13.1 miles.
The race started with a moment of silence and had special tributes at miles 8 and 24.
Runners wore Kobe Bryant jerseys, shirts with the names of the victims, and one man even dribbled a basketball for the entirety of theOne week after a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, tragically killed nine people—including NBA legend Kobe Bryant, 41, and his daughter Gianna Bryant, 13—the Surf City Marathon in Huntington Beach, California, honored the crash victims in many ways.
Passengers on the helicopter—John Altobelli, 56; Keri Altobelli, 46; Alyssa Altobelli,13; Christina Mauser, 38; Ara Zobayan, 50; Sarah Chester, 45, and Payton Chester, 13—were traveling with Bryant and his daughter to hisin Thousand Oaks, California, when the helicopter crashed into a fog covered hillside.
Paying tribute was important because all nine of the helicopter crash victims were from Orange Country, including two passengers who lived in Huntington Beach, race organizer Dan Cruz toldThe city of Huntington Beach held a special vigil the night before the race at Pier Plaza for Christina Mauser, who was an assistant coach at Mamba Academy, and her husband, Matt Mauser, who was the lead singer in the Tijuana Dogs band that performed at theand as the next big sporting event in Orange County,...
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