Kobe Bryant’s body identified as all nine victims recovered from crash site
All nine bodies have been recovered from the scene of the helicopter crash that killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant.
Authorities in Los Angeles said the pilot and eight passengers had all been retrieved after a “very difficult” operation, which was hindered by the “rugged terrain” of the hillside where the chopper went down on Sunday.
LA Lakers icon Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were among those aboard the doomed aircraft, along with the pilot and six other passengers. Others killed included Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife Keri and daughter Alyssa, who played on the same basketball team as Gianna.
The girls’ coach Christina Mauser also died.
Bryant – considered one of the greatest NBA stars of all time – and Gianna were on their way to a girls’ basketball tournament at a sports academy, where he was to have coached his daughter’s team that day.
The chopper went down amid heavy cloud and fog that had grounded police helicopters in the area.
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