Los Angeles is in shockafter the deaths ofKobe Bryant, his young daughter andseven othersin a helicopter crash on Sunday.
The NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughterGiannawere on their way to ayouth basketball gamein Thousand Oaks with parents and players from the team when the helicopter crashed amid foggy conditions and burst into flames in Calabasas, the neighborhood that is home to several celebrities, including sistersKourtney KardashianandKhloé Kardashian.
The Kardashians, who are friends with the Bryant family, have been mourning the tragic deaths on social media. Kourtney, 40, posted two photos on herInstagram Storyof Kobe and his daughter, who was an aspiring basketball player herself.
“My heart is with Vanessa and her babies,” she wrote.
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Khloé, 35, tweeted about the tragedy, writing, “This can’t be real. There’s no way!!! My heart hurts.”
“Please don’t let this be True,” she added. “I’m shaking.”
Kim Kardashian West, 39, posted a black-and-white photo of the father-daughter pair onInstagram, writing, “My heart is so heavy.”
“Words cannot express our sadness. All my deepest love and prayers are with Vanessa and Kobe’s family at this time,” she said, adding in afollow-up post, “I don’t have the words. Every ounce of my heart is with you, Vanessa.”
Kris’ daughtersKylie, 22, andKendall, 24, also paid tribute to the Bryants.
“Sadly, I never personally knew you, but knowing I’m capable of all these emotions for someone I only knew from a far makes me feel more human than ever,”Kendall wrote. “You had the magical ability of bringing people together, through sports and through your soul. We feel you so heavily today, I know you can feel us too. Rest peacefully Kobe, Gigi and the rest of the passengers we lost today. My heart truly goes out to all the families. Give a big hug to the people you love today and always.”
Wrote Kylie, “at loss for words right now. praying for this beautiful family.”
Another heartfelt tributecame from Khloé’s ex-husbandLamar Odom, who was Kobe’s teammate on the Los Angeles Lakers between 2004-2011. In a lengthy caption onInstagram, Odom, 40, remembered the lessons Kobe taught him “on and off the court,” admitting, “I couldn’t even catch my breath today when I heard this news.”
“I’m still waiting for the media to come out and say wrong report. No way God took my brother this early,” he wrote. “I know I been through my own stuff in life with using drugs and not being good to myself. When I went through that Coma situation if God would have came to me and said we would take me and spare Kobe I would have rather that happened. In honor of my brother I’m up at 4am tomorrow to get to the gym! Gigi gone give you buckets!!!! I love you brother.”
source: people.com
