The bodies of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven other people killed in a helicopter crash last month in Calabasas, California, have been released to their families
Last week, the coroner's office announced that it had officially identified all nine victims killed in the January 26 crash.Kobe Bryant attended the 2019 WNBA All-Star Game with daughter Gianna in July. In addition to Bryant, 41, and his daughter, 13, the crash claimed the lives of Payton Chester, 13; Sarah Chester, 45; Alyssa Altobelli, 14; Keri Altobelli, 46; John Altobelli, 56; Christina Mauser, 38; and the helicopter's pilot, Ara Zobayan, 50.
"I'm walking on the trail, I could hear the plane. I think it was in the clouds," the caller said."We couldn't see it and then we just heard a boom and a dead sound and then I could see the flames."Other callers, farther away from the crash site, said they saw a hill engulfed in fire following the impact."A helicopter crashed into a mountain. We heard it and now I'm looking at the flames," a caller said.
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